---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 257 Public Prosecutor Modifications"
description: "H.B. 257 Public Prosecutor Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 257"
citation: "Utah HB 257 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "County Officers", "Criminal Procedure", "Judicial Operations", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christofferson, Kay J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1719997f-53dc-4e2e-8f19-547a5ced17ed"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0257.html"
source_hash: "64ea2bfbad45093ddceb783cee6b2d5379ad461b1b5f245fa9cce249a4dc6811"
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 HB 257 (2022) — H.B. 257 Public Prosecutor Modifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0257S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0257.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **41–28** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christofferson, Kay J. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-02-14** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-17** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-18** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-22** to Senate
- **2022-02-23** received from House
- **2022-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-24** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Comm - Returned to Rules
- **2022-03-02** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2022-03-04** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-04** to House
- **2022-03-05** received from Senate
- **2022-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/1719997f-53dc-4e2e-8f19-547a5ced17ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).