---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 268 Sex Offense Amendments"
description: "H.B. 268 Sex Offense Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 268"
citation: "Utah HB 268 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice", "Crimes", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Punishment", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stoddard, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02a44049-c41a-4f81-8ba7-b7bc4e346d0a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0268.html"
source_hash: "f44c2c9facc5c406846c961ce9704ff3a100880ffccecf0ffe44622efee0f46b"
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 268 (2023) — H.B. 268 Sex Offense 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0268S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0268.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stoddard, Andrew — primary (person)
- Pitcher, Stephanie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-01-30** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-30** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** circled
- **2023-02-03** uncircled
- **2023-02-03** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-03** to Senate
- **2023-02-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-09** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-14** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2023-03-01** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14** 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/02a44049-c41a-4f81-8ba7-b7bc4e346d0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).