---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defensive Force Amendments"
description: "Defensive Force Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 369"
citation: "Utah HB 369 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assault and Battery", "Crimes", "Defenses", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Real Property", "Self Defense"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilcox, Ryan D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92449560-ff17-4e65-9e2f-40cfd344e311"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0369.html"
source_hash: "8405d06acaab3008826ba90e79d02a0e66a61999eaf4911cbf7bf9ca78cb7c4b"
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 369 (2024) — Defensive Force 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/HB0369.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillamd/HB0369.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0369.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **68–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilcox, Ryan D. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-23** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-24** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-01-29** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-31** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-02-01** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-13** to Senate
- **2024-02-13** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-02-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** 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/92449560-ff17-4e65-9e2f-40cfd344e311`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).