---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amendments to Criminal Provisions"
description: "Amendments to Criminal Provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 40"
citation: "Utah H.B. 40 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Code", "Criminal Conduct", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d2eb7ce-5ca4-417e-970f-c34b32d18051"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0040.html"
source_hash: "1786da8f8180db66277f8ef683d20f44905a5f9a6abb65cf0d5fc4671316960c"
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. 40 (2019) — Amendments to Criminal Provisions

## 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/HB0040.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0040.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0040.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Mayne, Karen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-11** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-11** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-01-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-01-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-29** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-01-29** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-01-29** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-01-29** to Senate
- **2019-01-29** received from House
- **2019-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** circled
- **2019-02-13** uncircled
- **2019-02-13** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2019-02-21** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-22** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-22** to House
- **2019-02-22** received from Senate
- **2019-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-11** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-11** 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/9d2eb7ce-5ca4-417e-970f-c34b32d18051`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).