---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substance Enhancement Amendments"
description: "Controlled Substance Enhancement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 311"
citation: "Utah H.B. 311 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Criminal Code", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutchings, Eric K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-11"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d81305ea-e695-4390-8eba-e13ed65c26f2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0311.html"
source_hash: "908287fe45ce6868213e12fb7371eefe6576425bf0ccb24ac9f833e8372860a9"
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. 311 (2020) — Controlled Substance Enhancement Amendments

## 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/HB0311.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0311.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0311.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hutchings, Eric K. — primary (person)
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-11** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-11** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-11** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-14** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2020-02-24** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** circled
- **2020-03-02** uncircled
- **2020-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-02** to Senate
- **2020-03-02** received from House
- **2020-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **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** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-12** to House
- **2020-03-13** received from Senate
- **2020-03-13** 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/d81305ea-e695-4390-8eba-e13ed65c26f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).