---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 163 Offenses Against the Administration of Government Amendments"
description: "H.B. 163 Offenses Against the Administration of Government Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 163"
citation: "Utah H.B. 163 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ethics", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "State Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall, Craig"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a211893-8737-4a51-b035-3c8357de3f58"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0163.html"
source_hash: "df8afbe017a11039f09b1d35bc4c1eb8b06608417dcc8174954c072331542b0a"
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 H.B. 163 (2019) — H.B. 163 Offenses Against the Administration of Government Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0163S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0163.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **63–10** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall, Craig — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-01** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2019-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-14** to Senate
- **2019-02-15** received from House
- **2019-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-25** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2019-02-26** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-01** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-01** to House
- **2019-03-01** received from Senate
- **2019-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-04** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** 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/7a211893-8737-4a51-b035-3c8357de3f58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).