---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 238 Crime Enhancement Amendments"
description: "H.B. 238 Crime Enhancement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 238"
citation: "Utah H.B. 238 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Code", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pitcher, Stephanie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/054e7c2a-3162-47bf-aa54-454a14e2841c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0238.html"
source_hash: "93631cea2eb8c1be1de2bcb27118dd91733354cd76a28355d62cb069080b6c71"
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. 238 (2020) — H.B. 238 Crime Enhancement Amendments

## 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/HB0238S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0238.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pitcher, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-03** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-06** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-17** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-18** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-20** to Senate
- **2020-02-21** received from House
- **2020-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-06** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-06** to House
- **2020-03-06** received from Senate
- **2020-03-06** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-06** 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/054e7c2a-3162-47bf-aa54-454a14e2841c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).