---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unlawful Tracking Amendments"
description: "Unlawful Tracking Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "Utah HB 158 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Crimes", "Domestic Violence", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Protective Orders/Stalking Injuctions", "Restitution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Doug"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-06T21:52:14+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-26T19:03:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0088faa2-7e43-495c-a033-d18a24e8cec0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0158.html"
source_hash: "849d6713def5bf9204cc39ee5d3b5539d25c70154d26a9006aaeddbf783f47d4"
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 158 (2026) — Unlawful Tracking 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/2026/bills/introduced/HB0158.xml)
2. **Amended 2/17/2026 12:02:581** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0158S01_2026-02-17_12-09-11.pdf)
3. **Amended 3/4/2026 18:03:178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0158S01_2026-03-04_18-52-03.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 2/17/2026 12:02:581** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0158S01_2026-02-17_12-09-11.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 3/4/2026 18:03:178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0158S01_2026-03-04_18-52-03.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0158 To HB0158S01.pdf)
7. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0158S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
8. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0158S01.Samd.2.pdf)
9. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0158S01.xml)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0158.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **66–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **66–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Owens, Doug — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06T21:52:14+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-06T21:52:14+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-06T21:52:16+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0158
- **2026-01-06T21:52:16+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0158
- **2026-01-14T20:59:06+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-19T19:10:06+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0158
- **2026-01-20T20:46:32+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0158
- **2026-01-20T21:36:20+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-23T18:27:42+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0158S01
- **2026-01-23T18:27:42+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0158S01
- **2026-01-26T21:58:42+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0158S01
- **2026-01-26T23:10:06+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0158S01
- **2026-01-27T18:30:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-01-27T19:03:39+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T22:31:20+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03T18:13:37+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03T18:13:38+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-10T23:24:26+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T23:36:58+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-13T19:01:29+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-13T19:03:06+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-13T19:05:32+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-13T19:05:34+00:00** House/ held
- **2026-02-17T18:57:55+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-17T19:16:56+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T21:28:42+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T21:16:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-28T00:35:38+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:36:23+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:36:24+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:06+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T00:08:08+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T01:26:53+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T01:29:51+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-05T01:31:35+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T01:31:36+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-05T17:12:36+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T17:12:37+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T18:32:00+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T18:32:01+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T22:25:38+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T22:25:39+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:25:40+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T00:00:31+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T00:00:32+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T20:51:57+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T20:51:58+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-07T00:53:33+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-07T00:53:36+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T19:17:23+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:17:25+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26T19:03:00+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/0088faa2-7e43-495c-a033-d18a24e8cec0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).