---
type: "Bill"
title: "Background Check Amendments"
description: "Background Check Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 457"
citation: "Utah H.B. 457 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Records", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Department of Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry, Lee B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d88f15cd-cb3d-4ce9-bab6-f7178c4df3f2"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0457.html"
source_hash: "1988674eb8c7e88c63d747280bea0b0c6e8cbac8d857c011e32d971dd3e9c661"
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. 457 (2019) — Background Check 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/HB0457.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0457.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perry, Lee B. — primary (person)
- Hillyard, Lyle W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-03-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-03-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-03-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-05** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-03-06** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2019-03-08** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-11** to Senate
- **2019-03-11** received from House
- **2019-03-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-14** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-14** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-14** to House
- **2019-03-14** received from Senate
- **2019-03-14** 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`
- **2019-03-27** 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/d88f15cd-cb3d-4ce9-bab6-f7178c4df3f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).