---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 16 Sexual Offenses Amendments"
description: "H.B. 16 Sexual Offenses Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 16"
citation: "Utah HB 16 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Punishment", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins, Jon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-12-18"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87e6825d-fdf2-4dcb-8189-1746fb903f2e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0016.html"
source_hash: "c0fa87abd53b917ba199ef47d401d51de412ec42167ad9d6f0ea9deddf85c522"
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 16 (2024) — H.B. 16 Sexual Offenses 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0016S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawkins, Jon — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-16** to Senate
- **2024-01-16** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-01-19** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-01-23** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-01-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-29** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** circled
- **2024-02-02** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-02-08** uncircled
- **2024-02-08** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-08** to House with amendments
- **2024-02-08** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-08** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-09** circled
- **2024-02-12** uncircled
- **2024-02-12** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** to Senate
- **2024-02-12** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-12** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-12** to House
- **2024-02-13** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-13** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-13** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-08** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-08** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** 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/87e6825d-fdf2-4dcb-8189-1746fb903f2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).