---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 244 Utah Victim Services Commission and Victim Services"
description: "H.B. 244 Utah Victim Services Commission and Victim Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 244"
citation: "Utah HB 244 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice", "Court Rules", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ivory, Ken"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00b99771-99e8-4178-b939-7370520aa01a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0244.html"
source_hash: "e76e4a81c815a42c74f0c53aae0aad878a8fa57998a84005cbde6db50396453d"
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 244 (2023) — H.B. 244 Utah Victim Services Commission and Victim Services

## 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/HB0244S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0244.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ivory, Ken — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-20** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-26** to House Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-02-01** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-06** to Senate
- **2023-02-07** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** substituted from # 1 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2023-02-22** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-23** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-28** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** circled
- **2023-03-01** uncircled
- **2023-03-01** substituted from # 3 to # 4 `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-02** 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`
- **2023-03-14** 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/00b99771-99e8-4178-b939-7370520aa01a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).