---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 431 Expungement Act Amendments"
description: "H.B. 431 Expungement Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 431"
citation: "Utah H.B. 431 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judicial Administration", "Courts", "Criminal Code", "Judiciary", "Department of Public Safety", "Court Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutchings, Eric K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce9c6c45-d288-4664-8d7d-ac1cc0f72293"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0431.html"
source_hash: "e04730e72585729327a089f5c15b2d16c9ef667b669c8eed7cc976c7fb894cd3"
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. 431 (2019) — H.B. 431 Expungement Act 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/HB0431S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0431.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-03-04** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-03-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2019-03-06** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2019-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-07** to Senate
- **2019-03-08** received from House
- **2019-03-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-13** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-03-13** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-03-13** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2019-03-13** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-13** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-13** received from Senate
- **2019-03-13** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-13** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-13** to Senate
- **2019-03-13** received from House
- **2019-03-13** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-13** to House
- **2019-03-13** received from Senate
- **2019-03-13** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** 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`
- **2019-03-28** 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/ce9c6c45-d288-4664-8d7d-ac1cc0f72293`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).