---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 344 Sex Offender Restrictions Amendments"
description: "H.B. 344 Sex Offender Restrictions Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 344"
citation: "Utah H.B. 344 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Code", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Potter, Val K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-14"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49034531-3dac-4773-b395-98dac49bf843"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0344.html"
source_hash: "c8c0897c6061be4cb06a506b2e6f406e4dc469e71c7fcc8ed0ed4f3f4f39183e"
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. 344 (2020) — H.B. 344 Sex Offender Restrictions 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/HB0344S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0344S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0344.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Potter, Val K. — primary (person)
- Hillyard, Lyle W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-20** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2020-02-20** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-20** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-26** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-02-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2020-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-28** to Senate
- **2020-03-02** received from House
- **2020-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **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
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-12** 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`
- **2020-03-28** 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/49034531-3dac-4773-b395-98dac49bf843`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).