---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Law Enforcement Structure and Governance Amendments"
description: "Local Law Enforcement Structure and Governance Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 415"
citation: "Utah H.B. 415 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Local Governments", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49772f27-5cbf-43b1-b5c1-19de0424b56f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0415.html"
source_hash: "304722db08f95d4a5a722abd60b0d45c60740d7e574212f4e4cde1bf67f4f87c"
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. 415 (2019) — Local Law Enforcement Structure and Governance 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/HB0415.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0415.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0415.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **20–7** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **61–12** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **68–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 4 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-25** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-25** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-25** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-03-01** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-03-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** circled
- **2019-03-05** uncircled
- **2019-03-05** floor amendment # 2
- **2019-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-05** to Senate
- **2019-03-06** received from House
- **2019-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2019-03-11** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 4
- **2019-03-11** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-03-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-13** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2019-03-13** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-14** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** circled
- **2019-03-14** uncircled
- **2019-03-14** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-14** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-14** received from Senate
- **2019-03-14** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-14** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-14** to Senate
- **2019-03-14** received from House
- **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
- **2019-03-22** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-22** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** 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/49772f27-5cbf-43b1-b5c1-19de0424b56f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).