---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 162 Peace Officer Training Amendments"
description: "H.B. 162 Peace Officer Training Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 162"
citation: "Utah HB 162 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Public Safety", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Peace Officers", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero, Angela"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb9f6834-326f-4e54-8bb6-fd1cf4831829"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0162.html"
source_hash: "9a852c38b28677ff37dd78fc6b63f8884c126e3e1bf02e4eb6a6356e6e167742"
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 HB 162 (2021) — H.B. 162 Peace Officer Training 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/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0162S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0162.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero, Angela — primary (person)
- Escamilla, Luz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-08** to Senate
- **2021-02-09** received from House
- **2021-02-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-25** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-25** to House
- **2021-02-25** received from Senate
- **2021-02-25** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** 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/eb9f6834-326f-4e54-8bb6-fd1cf4831829`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).