---
type: "Bill"
title: "Misdemeanor Sentencing Timeline Clarifications"
description: "Misdemeanor Sentencing Timeline Clarifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 244"
citation: "Utah H.B. 244 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Code", "Immigrants \\\\ Immigration", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Sentencing Commission", "Punishments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutchings, Eric K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e2306be-0ad4-4a35-9dee-5b5d604754d8"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0244.html"
source_hash: "346423eb12d31077bea265ec2cb72e0162262f08472430bff32624f5beaa186c"
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. 244 (2019) — Misdemeanor Sentencing Timeline Clarifications

## 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/HB0244.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0244.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0244.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hutchings, Eric K. — primary (person)
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-04** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-11** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** circled
- **2019-02-25** uncircled
- **2019-02-25** floor amendment # 2
- **2019-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-25** to Senate
- **2019-02-25** received from House
- **2019-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** circled
- **2019-03-12** uncircled
- **2019-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-12** to House
- **2019-03-12** received from Senate
- **2019-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-22** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-22** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** 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/6e2306be-0ad4-4a35-9dee-5b5d604754d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).