---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protection of Animals Amendments"
description: "Protection of Animals Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 175"
citation: "Utah HB 175 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Courts", "Crimes", "Domestic Violence", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Protective Orders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero, Angela"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-17"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/058ba5e2-c705-4c97-b473-2fc98e1f6f06"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0175.html"
source_hash: "d4fb1ab785c5fc32d0d29343832c39b54c3b4a85641be4cf10f1837926857d59"
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 175 (2022) — Protection of Animals 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/HB0175.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HB0175.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0175.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **69–2** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Romero, Angela — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-17** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-20** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2022-02-10** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-02-14** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** comm rpt/amended
- **2022-02-14** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-17** to House with amendments
- **2022-02-17** received from Senate
- **2022-02-17** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-02-18** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-02-18** to Senate
- **2022-02-22** received from House
- **2022-02-22** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-22** to House
- **2022-02-22** received from Senate
- **2022-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-22** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-22** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** 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/058ba5e2-c705-4c97-b473-2fc98e1f6f06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).