---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Trafficking Amendments"
description: "Human Trafficking Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 405"
citation: "Utah HB 405 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abuse", "Neglect", "or Dependency", "Abuse", "Neglect", "or Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults", "Child Welfare", "Human Trafficking", "Immigration", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Punishment", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pierucci, Candice B."]
version_count: 12
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T00:01:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T00:56:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8d74763-0169-49b2-801c-7b532967721e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0405.html"
source_hash: "42a28b4d5887abfb37f299d133a799c1b4f4e73386ed783a69af9017015837f5"
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 405 (2025) — Human Trafficking 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/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0405.xml)
2. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0405 To HB0405S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0405S01 To HB0405S02.pdf)
4. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB405H10.pdf)
5. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB405H20.pdf)
6. **House Transmittal Letter 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB405H30.pdf)
7. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB405S10.pdf)
8. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB405S10.pdf)
9. **Senate Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB405S20.pdf)
10. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0405S01.xml)
11. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0405S02.xml)
12. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0405.xml)

## Sponsors

- Pierucci, Candice B. — primary (person)
- Balderree, Heidi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04T00:01:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-02-04T00:01:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-02-04T17:00:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-02-04T18:19:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-06T20:56:00+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-02-11T19:32:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2025-02-18T23:30:00+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-02-18T23:33:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19T17:46:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted
- **2025-02-19T17:46:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-25T17:24:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-25T17:31:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-25T17:31:00+00:00** House/ held
- **2025-02-27T16:37:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-27T19:37:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-27T21:39:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-28T21:35:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T21:51:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-03-04T22:02:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05T16:53:00+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted
- **2025-03-05T16:53:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T21:43:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T21:46:00+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T22:41:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-05T22:45:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-05T22:45:00+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2025-03-06T02:34:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T02:34:00+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2025-03-06T04:12:00+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T04:12:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-06T17:03:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T17:03:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-06T17:03:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-06T19:30:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T19:30:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-06T21:24:00+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2025-03-06T21:24:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-07T17:02:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07T17:02:00+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-12T20:15:00+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-12T20:15:00+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T00:56:00+00:00** 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/b8d74763-0169-49b2-801c-7b532967721e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).