---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 208 Criminal Trespass Amendments"
description: "H.B. 208 Criminal Trespass Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 208"
citation: "Utah HB 208 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Natural Resources", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chew, Scott H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac50a87c-7be1-4f1a-a17c-07d0cdc3ed53"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0208.html"
source_hash: "6258baf6ff313a147ee2c6c623113ef960cbb6a6ec9fad5cce2544b0cc48db9c"
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 208 (2023) — H.B. 208 Criminal Trespass 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0208S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0208.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **54–17** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **51–14** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **19–6** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **22–4** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chew, Scott H. — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-12** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-17** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-30** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-13** to Senate
- **2023-02-13** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-22** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-24** to House with amendments
- **2023-02-24** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-24** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-02-27** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** to Senate
- **2023-02-27** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-27** to House
- **2023-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-28** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-28** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** 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/ac50a87c-7be1-4f1a-a17c-07d0cdc3ed53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).