---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 68 Drug Sentencing Modifications"
description: "H.B. 68 Drug Sentencing Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 68"
citation: "Utah HB 68 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Correctional Facilities", "Crimes", "Department of Corrections", "Fraud", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Substance Abuse", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stoddard, Andrew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-12-26"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32e7fc95-fd7e-46fc-af77-96e8f13e1365"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0068.html"
source_hash: "d2b556cdac8976a4ee77e176eea247baca55173f7fff196e8eed673d13aafbbf"
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 68 (2024) — H.B. 68 Drug Sentencing Modifications

## 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/HB0068S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillamd/HB0068S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0068.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **58–13** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **39–31** (pass) · lower
- floor amendment failed # 1 — **34–36** (fail) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- failed — **29–41** (fail) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stoddard, Andrew — primary (person)
- Grover, Keith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-26** 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`
- **2024-01-17** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-01-18** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-22** floor amendment failed # 1 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2024-01-22** failed `failure`
- **2024-01-22** filed `filing`
- **2024-01-23** motion to reconsider
- **2024-01-23** circled
- **2024-01-24** uncircled
- **2024-01-24** floor amendment # 3
- **2024-01-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-24** to Senate
- **2024-01-24** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-01-31** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-31** Senate Comm - Held
- **2024-02-06** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-06** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-02-12** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2024-02-12** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-12** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** comm rpt/substituted/amended `amendment-passage`
- **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
- **2024-02-27** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** floor amendment # 3
- **2024-02-27** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-02-27** to House with amendments
- **2024-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-28** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-28** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to House
- **2024-02-29** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** 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/32e7fc95-fd7e-46fc-af77-96e8f13e1365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).