---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 53 Protective Order Amendments"
description: "H.B. 53 Protective Order Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 53"
citation: "Utah HB 53 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arrest and Detention", "Crimes", "Department of Public Safety", "Domestic Violence", "Judges", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Protective Orders", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gwynn, Matthew H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db0e2b29-8d00-4923-848d-9b2707496bad"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0053.html"
source_hash: "182c38d0cd3f1144c25c9c7de599fec3dd735795283761dfd62b36fd9c4ecb5a"
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 53 (2023) — H.B. 53 Protective Order 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/HB0053S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0053.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **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`
- **2023-01-19** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-01-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-19** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-19** to Senate
- **2023-01-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-20** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-01-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** 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
- **2023-02-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-03** 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/db0e2b29-8d00-4923-848d-9b2707496bad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).