---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 248 Juvenile Amendments"
description: "H.B. 248 Juvenile Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 248"
citation: "Utah HB 248 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Department of Human Services", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Family", "Guardian Ad Litem", "Human Services", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Juvenile Justice", "Juvenile Justice Services", "Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Snow, V. Lowry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/030041f9-5917-4205-b525-81b26a7c7f8e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0248.html"
source_hash: "675b3c100492094cfc4410ca8ad13418a789677c1dc257d1e90039496b240af9"
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 248 (2022) — H.B. 248 Juvenile 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/HB0248S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0248.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Snow, V. Lowry — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-01** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2022-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-14** to Senate
- **2022-02-15** received from House
- **2022-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** circled
- **2022-02-24** uncircled
- **2022-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-25** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-25** to House
- **2022-02-25** received from Senate
- **2022-02-25** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-14** 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/030041f9-5917-4205-b525-81b26a7c7f8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).