---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 116 Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force"
description: "H.B. 116 Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 116"
citation: "Utah H.B. 116 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Task Force / Committees", "Indian Affairs", "Division of Indian Affairs", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero, Angela"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f13a79f7-852e-4b20-8699-19a496541404"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0116.html"
source_hash: "e1a3468a47bb8ede8c555636726c4c4319ffafdd3bc51020eff40ddd408fb700"
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. 116 (2020) — H.B. 116 Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillint/HB0116S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0116.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **45–24** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero, Angela — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-06** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2020-02-07** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2020-02-11** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-18** to Senate
- **2020-02-19** received from House
- **2020-02-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2020-03-02** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2020-03-02** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-03-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-02** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2020-03-02** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2020-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-03** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2020-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** substituted from # 3 to # 4
- **2020-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2020-03-03** received from Senate
- **2020-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2020-03-03** to Senate
- **2020-03-04** received from House
- **2020-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-04** to House
- **2020-03-04** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-03-04** received from Senate
- **2020-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-04** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-03-04** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-28** 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/f13a79f7-852e-4b20-8699-19a496541404`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).