---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unlawful Kissing of a Child or Minor"
description: "Unlawful Kissing of a Child or Minor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 225"
citation: "Utah HB 225 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Welfare", "Domestic Violence", "Human Trafficking", "Kidnapping", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Prostitution", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stoddard, Andrew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e985d6f1-9547-4ea8-a2b8-c05d136414a5"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0225.html"
source_hash: "1751c82b6508627a1dc3399bf47f8cdb98b898b8e68aef700fc92fc33589e3bc"
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 225 (2024) — Unlawful Kissing of a Child or Minor

## 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/HB0225.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillamd/HB0225.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0225.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stoddard, Andrew — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-09** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-13** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-01-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-01-24** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-01-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-02** to Senate
- **2024-02-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** 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 & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2024-02-27** 3nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2024-02-28** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** circled
- **2024-02-28** uncircled
- **2024-02-28** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-02-28** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to House
- **2024-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** 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/e985d6f1-9547-4ea8-a2b8-c05d136414a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).