---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forcible Entry Warrant Amendments"
description: "Forcible Entry Warrant Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 177"
citation: "Utah HB 177 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arrest and Detention", "Business", "Crimes", "Department of Public Safety", "Judges", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Peace Officers", "Public Safety", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gwynn, Matthew H."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33cfd2d5-582c-44e1-b123-d718570f3681"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0177.html"
source_hash: "3fc4bc0f6155902657fab3b2cfe466a37e6187524861c642c00f06b2929873e3"
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 177 (2024) — Forcible Entry Warrant 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/HB0177.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillamd/HB0177.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0177.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gwynn, Matthew H. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-05** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **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`
- **2024-01-18** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-01-29** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-01-29** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-01-29** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-06** to Senate
- **2024-02-06** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-02-12** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** circled
- **2024-02-22** uncircled
- **2024-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-22** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-22** to House
- **2024-02-22** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-26** 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/33cfd2d5-582c-44e1-b123-d718570f3681`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).