---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 56 Criminal Stalking Exemption Amendments"
description: "S.B. 56 Criminal Stalking Exemption Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "Utah SB 56 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Defenses", "Domestic Violence", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Peace Officers", "Protective Orders", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-12-20"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bba049f-98ec-4949-99ab-d270f44df75d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0056.html"
source_hash: "a4082ec4046ad806e71b3778c1d89c4817274db070da116b78d6c167bd89a331"
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 SB 56 (2022) — S.B. 56 Criminal Stalking Exemption 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/sbillint/SB0056S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillamd/SB0056S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0056.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **42–30** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd D. — primary (person)
- Wilcox, Ryan D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-20** 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`
- **2022-01-18** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-01-25** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-27** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** floor amendment # 1
- **2022-02-03** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-04** to House
- **2022-02-04** received from Senate
- **2022-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-17** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-02-17** to Senate
- **2022-02-17** received from House
- **2022-02-17** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-21** Bill Received from Senate 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
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** 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/0bba049f-98ec-4949-99ab-d270f44df75d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).