---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Needs Training for Law Enforcement Amendments"
description: "Special Needs Training for Law Enforcement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 334"
citation: "Utah HB 334 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Human Services", "Human Services", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Peace Officers", "Public Safety", "Services for People with Disabilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1beb78d7-5927-4d18-95f9-a0fde5b297a3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0334.html"
source_hash: "ec4134a95d4ce18a1c0bf57b15cacf4538d3fe0eba52541c69493990b5ca57e9"
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 334 (2021) — Special Needs Training for Law Enforcement 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/HB0334.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0334.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0334.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-09** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-02-10** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-12** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-18** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2021-02-22** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2021-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-24** 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`
- **2021-02-26** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2021-03-01** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** passed 3rd reading `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
- **2021-03-12** 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`
- **2021-03-17** 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/1beb78d7-5927-4d18-95f9-a0fde5b297a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).