---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 227 Self Defense Amendments"
description: "H.B. 227 Self Defense Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 227"
citation: "Utah HB 227 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Defenses", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Peace Officers", "Public Safety", "Self Defense"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisonbee, Karianne"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2388b229-ab16-408f-abd9-ec1e35584294"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0227.html"
source_hash: "91a98b4c273be035e602650c47480e68cf1ed64c3924d8dc62d157d8af0e882f"
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 227 (2021) — H.B. 227 Self Defense 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/HB0227S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0227.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **56–17** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **22–5** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **56–16** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisonbee, Karianne — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-17** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3
- **2021-02-18** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-22** to Senate
- **2021-02-22** received from House
- **2021-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4
- **2021-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-04** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-04** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-04** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/2388b229-ab16-408f-abd9-ec1e35584294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).