---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 397 Expungement Changes"
description: "H.B. 397 Expungement Changes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 397"
citation: "Utah H.B. 397 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insanity Defense/Competency", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutchings, Eric K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-24"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42eb5f1d-e2e3-42bb-9fe8-8222f27ba7f7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0397.html"
source_hash: "f305927ad41c35d2da63f113e53e576b4c484cf6bd1180bb20db0ee9793f1d6a"
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. 397 (2020) — H.B. 397 Expungement Changes

## 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/HB0397S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0397.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hutchings, Eric K. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-24** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-24** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-25** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-27** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** circled
- **2020-03-09** uncircled
- **2020-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-09** to Senate
- **2020-03-10** received from House
- **2020-03-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-03-12** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2020-03-12** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-12** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **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** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-13** received from House
- **2020-03-13** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-13** to House
- **2020-03-20** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-20** 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 from Senate
- **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/42eb5f1d-e2e3-42bb-9fe8-8222f27ba7f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).