---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arson Amendments"
description: "Arson Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 28"
citation: "Utah HB 28 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Punishment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gwynn, Matthew H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/667fe787-e76d-40e5-ac74-a17765d12f26"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0028.html"
source_hash: "6cc0d4a920870938d1074ad12d85c97f3a9facb139cfc56016cefbc557c35bab"
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 28 (2023) — Arson 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/HB0028.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0028.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gwynn, Matthew H. — primary (person)
- Pitcher, Stephanie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-12-19** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-12-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-04** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-17** to Senate
- **2023-01-18** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-02** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-02** to House
- **2023-02-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-14** 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/667fe787-e76d-40e5-ac74-a17765d12f26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).