---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Violence Revisions"
description: "Domestic Violence Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 45"
citation: "Utah S.B. 45 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Domestic Violence", "Code of Criminal Procedure", "Criminal Conduct", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christensen, Allen M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7602af3a-2b8b-420e-b13b-3edfda1d74da"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0045.html"
source_hash: "76ba59ad563aef74e5771de137ce9fe2d12cba510a22d17d17875bd9ffc394f5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah S.B. 45 (2019) — Domestic Violence Revisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0045.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0045.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0045.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **42–31** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christensen, Allen M. — primary (person)
- Ray, Paul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-07** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-07** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-07** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-21** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-25** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** circled
- **2019-02-08** uncircled
- **2019-02-08** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-02-08** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-11** to House
- **2019-02-11** received from Senate
- **2019-02-11** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** circled
- **2019-02-20** uncircled
- **2019-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-20** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-02-20** to Senate
- **2019-02-21** received from House
- **2019-02-21** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-21** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-02-21** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-27** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7602af3a-2b8b-420e-b13b-3edfda1d74da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).