---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 95 Prison Rape Elimination Act Compliance"
description: "H.B. 95 Prison Rape Elimination Act Compliance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 95"
citation: "Utah HB 95 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arrest and Detention", "Crimes", "Department of Corrections", "Human Services", "Inmates", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Mental Health", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero, Angela"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56e66331-1c24-4c9a-ad0e-d096886e3fa2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0095.html"
source_hash: "6b961e43a42b2d7441c0d4e95d7915ffe91bae2219dbed4f448aeac3b77a68fd"
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 95 (2021) — H.B. 95 Prison Rape Elimination Act Compliance

## 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/HB0095S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0095.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero, Angela — primary (person)
- Escamilla, Luz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-13** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-08** to Senate
- **2021-02-09** received from House
- **2021-02-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** 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
- **2021-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** 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/56e66331-1c24-4c9a-ad0e-d096886e3fa2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).