---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 298 Victim Guidelines for Prosecutors"
description: "H.B. 298 Victim Guidelines for Prosecutors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 298"
citation: "Utah H.B. 298 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys", "Immigration", "Legislative Committees and Task Forces", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stoddard, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-10"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0c8224b-34b4-42e0-827f-6e6676b6bc2a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0298.html"
source_hash: "403c8d01a9eeba9a4c16e8e33606adc8f8d32769e08e0302e3b1f72edd412dd3"
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 H.B. 298 (2020) — H.B. 298 Victim Guidelines for Prosecutors

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillint/HB0298S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0298.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **56–13** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stoddard, Andrew — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-10** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-10** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-11** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-14** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2020-02-19** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-25** to Senate
- **2020-02-25** received from House
- **2020-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2020-03-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-03-03** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-03-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-03-10** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2020-03-12** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-12** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-03-12** to House with amendments
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-12** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2020-03-12** to Senate
- **2020-03-12** received from House
- **2020-03-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-12** to House
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** 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/b0c8224b-34b4-42e0-827f-6e6676b6bc2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).