---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amber Alert Amendments"
description: "Amber Alert Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 266"
citation: "Utah HB 266 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Bureau of Criminal Investigation", "Crimes", "Department of Public Safety", "Kidnapping", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "New Rulemaking Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilcox, Ryan D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d21dada-a48b-4baa-91c5-c490d818610b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0266.html"
source_hash: "e38480a0c9c7a145af5a64522e548e8b1b47cc17d9cb808363551710d6904390"
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 266 (2023) — Amber Alert 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/HB0266.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillamd/HB0266.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0266.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilcox, Ryan D. — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-25** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-01-30** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2023-01-31** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-02** held
- **2023-02-02** to Senate
- **2023-02-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- **2023-02-07** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2023-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** floor amendment # 2
- **2023-02-15** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-16** to House with amendments
- **2023-02-16** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-02-17** circled
- **2023-02-17** uncircled
- **2023-02-17** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** to Senate
- **2023-02-17** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-17** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-17** to House
- **2023-02-21** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-21** 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`
- **2023-03-20** 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/4d21dada-a48b-4baa-91c5-c490d818610b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).