---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 196 Transfer of Domestic Violence Cases"
description: "H.B. 196 Transfer of Domestic Violence Cases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "Utah HB 196 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Crimes", "Domestic Violence", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pitcher, Stephanie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33557d58-5fbf-447c-b2f7-4c24aa8ab94f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0196.html"
source_hash: "a9506c5bfcc661b8045fe5788999a9640d44c3447e51200ea32683ddbd7d43bf"
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 196 (2022) — H.B. 196 Transfer of Domestic Violence Cases

## 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/HB0196S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0196.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **22–4** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pitcher, Stephanie — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-20** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-27** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-03** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-02-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-04** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2022-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** circled
- **2022-02-14** uncircled
- **2022-02-14** substituted from # 1 to # 3
- **2022-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-14** to Senate
- **2022-02-14** received from House
- **2022-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-15** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2022-03-03** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** circled
- **2022-03-03** uncircled
- **2022-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-03** to House
- **2022-03-03** received from Senate
- **2022-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/33557d58-5fbf-447c-b2f7-4c24aa8ab94f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).