---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 291 Residential Picketing Prohibition"
description: "H.B. 291 Residential Picketing Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 291"
citation: "Utah HB 291 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Fines", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Punishment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilcox, Ryan D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/440378ae-d015-45a6-a3ba-488758367932"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0291.html"
source_hash: "d2a344d5a755ec86ce04ad647e9ed3423f01b0a696b046019f42a08b18c298ef"
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 291 (2021) — H.B. 291 Residential Picketing 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/HB0291S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0291.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilcox, Ryan D. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-04** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-10** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-16** to Senate
- **2021-02-16** received from House
- **2021-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** to Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-04** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** circled
- **2021-03-04** uncircled
- **2021-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-04** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** 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/440378ae-d015-45a6-a3ba-488758367932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).