---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 237 Lethal Force Amendments"
description: "H.B. 237 Lethal Force Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 237"
citation: "Utah HB 237 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Peace Officers", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dailey-Provost, Jennifer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5a24334-2932-48a6-8b0e-2d5d88b468f3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0237.html"
source_hash: "7e18db6eab475803b6291dd352a91622addd4f022007c72c0febfcac73d931dc"
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 237 (2021) — H.B. 237 Lethal Force 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/HB0237S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0237.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **16–11** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **54–16** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3 — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dailey-Provost, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-25** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-26** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-29** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2021-02-22** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3
- **2021-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-23** to Senate
- **2021-02-24** received from House
- **2021-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **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
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** 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/a5a24334-2932-48a6-8b0e-2d5d88b468f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).