---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 126 Division of Juvenile Justice Services Rulemaking Amendments"
description: "H.B. 126 Division of Juvenile Justice Services Rulemaking Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 126"
citation: "Utah HB 126 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Human Services", "Judicial Operations", "Juvenile Justice", "Juvenile Justice Services", "Juveniles", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Sexual Offenses", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero, Angela"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31443c3d-e127-4761-81bf-aae5d01e01f5"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0126.html"
source_hash: "72e664c5234dbaa83ba3522c3ba627d9085e23a7cd30891a2b846f89606338a0"
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 126 (2022) — H.B. 126 Division of Juvenile Justice Services Rulemaking 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/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0126S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0126.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-11** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2022-01-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-01-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-01-28** to Senate
- **2022-01-31** received from House
- **2022-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2022-02-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2022-03-04** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-04** to House with amendments
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-03-04** to Senate
- **2022-03-04** received from House
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-04** to House
- **2022-03-05** received from Senate
- **2022-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-22** 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/31443c3d-e127-4761-81bf-aae5d01e01f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).