republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2025/hb-154.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Punitive Damages Amendments"
description: "Punitive Damages Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 154"
citation: "Utah HB 154 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Litigation", "Crimes", "Driving Under the Influence (DUI)", "Fines", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Punishment", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stoddard, Andrew"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-09T21:10:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T00:05:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3c84a76-4663-4ca2-b03e-2b5937ca3889"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0154.html"
source_hash: "4650350b4da4fa5dd59eede87e864b2f3910ec2f0b24a4fcc18f514a7aff681d"
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 154 (2025) — Punitive Damages 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/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0154.xml)
2. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0154 To HB0154S01.pdf)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB154H10.pdf)
4. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB154H10.pdf)
5. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB154H20.pdf)
6. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB154S10.pdf)
7. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB154S10.pdf)
8. **Senate Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB154S20.pdf)
9. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0154S01.xml)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0154.xml)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09T21:10:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-01-09T21:10:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-15T19:14:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T16:10:00+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T22:27:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-22T18:36:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24T22:37:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27T18:11:00+00:00** House/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27T18:11:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-01-31T19:01:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-01-31T19:04:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-01-31T19:04:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-01-31T19:48:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-03T18:17:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-24T21:20:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T16:00:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2025-02-28T00:09:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-02-28T00:10:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28T17:31:00+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted
- **2025-02-28T17:31:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T21:43:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T00:54:00+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-07T16:48:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-07T16:49:00+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2025-03-07T18:01:00+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2025-03-07T18:03:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-07T18:03:00+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2025-03-07T21:31:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-07T21:31:00+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2025-03-07T22:07:00+00:00** House/ circled
- **2025-03-08T00:06:00+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2025-03-08T00:08:00+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-08T00:08:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-08T03:02:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-08T03:02:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-08T03:02:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-08T03:56:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-08T03:56:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-08T05:13:00+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2025-03-08T05:13:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-13T18:56:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-13T18:57:00+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-17T15:56:00+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-17T15:56:00+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T00:05:00+00:00** 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/f3c84a76-4663-4ca2-b03e-2b5937ca3889`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).