---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 228 Jail Photo Distribution Prohibition"
description: "H.B. 228 Jail Photo Distribution Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Utah HB 228 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arrest and Detention", "Electronic Databases", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Government Records", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/331ce423-c302-4973-9865-e69a1ff78b80"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0228.html"
source_hash: "a7d834792cfb564254ed541f4f118f96fb42040d30a96c84d868f8d8fefe6491"
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 228 (2021) — H.B. 228 Jail Photo Distribution Prohibition

## 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/HB0228S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0228.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — 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
- **2021-01-27** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-11** to Senate
- **2021-02-12** received from House
- **2021-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** 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
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** 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/331ce423-c302-4973-9865-e69a1ff78b80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).