---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 385 Mentally Ill Offenders Amendments"
description: "H.B. 385 Mentally Ill Offenders Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 385"
citation: "Utah HB 385 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Pardons and Parole", "Criminal Procedure", "Defenses", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Mental Health", "Punishment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbott, Nelson T."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/990d7791-42f1-432c-a3a1-d3c73b345219"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0385.html"
source_hash: "e46812a65add803617ac951f1e5d064bf0482f7f0378cf0dd61237f76d4917f4"
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 385 (2023) — H.B. 385 Mentally Ill Offenders 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/HB0385S03.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillamd/HB0385S03.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0385.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 3 — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abbott, Nelson T. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-06** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-09** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2023-02-10** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2023-02-14** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** circled
- **2023-02-17** uncircled
- **2023-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-17** to Senate
- **2023-02-21** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-23** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2023-02-24** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 3
- **2023-02-24** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** comm rpt/substituted/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-28** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-02** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** 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/990d7791-42f1-432c-a3a1-d3c73b345219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).