---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 19 DNA Specimen Analysis Amendments"
description: "H.B. 19 DNA Specimen Analysis Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Utah HB 19 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arrest and Detention", "Department of Public Safety", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-13"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d41727ea-4547-4929-a930-41a64b42a176"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0019.html"
source_hash: "76ea014efcda931177a102bead700f001783d3907d7a09c4757e7f8d8d9c3762"
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 19 (2022) — H.B. 19 DNA Specimen Analysis 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/HB0019S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0019.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-13** 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`
- **2022-01-19** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** circled
- **2022-02-08** uncircled
- **2022-02-08** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-08** to Senate
- **2022-02-09** received from House
- **2022-02-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-10** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** circled
- **2022-02-16** uncircled
- **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** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-17** to House
- **2022-02-17** received from Senate
- **2022-02-17** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-21** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-21** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-10** 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/d41727ea-4547-4929-a930-41a64b42a176`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).