---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 379 Board of Pardons Amendments"
description: "H.B. 379 Board of Pardons Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 379"
citation: "Utah HB 379 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Pardons and Parole", "Criminal Procedure", "Department of Corrections", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9368746-e1ed-4368-97ae-590713844ff7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0379.html"
source_hash: "ae0b719e47ee14f5ceee4f3ca7ec8271df6cb541c3d75d550285bc86b2a0d7cd"
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 379 (2021) — H.B. 379 Board of Pardons 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/HB0379S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0379.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **64–7** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-17** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-22** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-26** to Senate
- **2021-02-26** received from House
- **2021-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-04** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-04** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-05** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-05** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-05** 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
- **2021-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-09** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-09** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-09** 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/a9368746-e1ed-4368-97ae-590713844ff7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).