---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 81 Sexual Solicitation Amendments"
description: "H.B. 81 Sexual Solicitation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 81"
citation: "Utah HB 81 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pulsipher, Susan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-03"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebe412bc-a552-4d72-a0d8-05dc064e5aa7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0081.html"
source_hash: "60b3e6fb5d32846dd54b2bc882adc9b42ce6a680f847b8a40487cf87899b7cb7"
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 81 (2022) — H.B. 81 Sexual Solicitation 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/HB0081S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0081.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–2** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pulsipher, Susan — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-03** 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`
- **2022-01-21** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2022-01-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-01-27** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-02** to Senate
- **2022-02-03** received from House
- **2022-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** 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** 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
- **2022-03-11** 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/ebe412bc-a552-4d72-a0d8-05dc064e5aa7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).