Utah 2025 General Session Status: Enacted 2 R cosponsors

HB 297 — Expungement Amendments

Last action — Governor Signed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Spencer Cox (Republican) on March 26, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Governor Signed

  2. House/ to Governor

  3. House/ received enrolled bill from Printing

  4. House/ enrolled bill to Printing

  5. Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate

  6. Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared

  7. Bill Received from House for Enrolling

  8. House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling

  9. House/ received from Senate

  10. Senate/ to House

  11. Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House

  12. Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension

  13. Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension

  14. Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar

  15. Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules

  16. Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar

  17. Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules

  18. Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar

  19. Senate/ committee report favorable

  20. Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation

  21. Senate/ to standing committee

  22. Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  23. Senate/ received from House

  24. House/ to Senate

  25. House/ passed 3rd reading

  26. House/ substituted

  27. House/ uncircled

  28. House/ circled

  29. House/ motion to reconsider

  30. House/ to Senate

  31. House/ passed 3rd reading

  32. House/ 3rd reading

  33. House/ 2nd reading

  34. House/ committee report favorable

  35. House Comm - Favorable Recommendation

  36. House/ to standing committee

  37. House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  38. House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  39. House/ received bill from Legislative Research

  40. Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

  41. Bill Numbered but not Distributed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 102 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (102)

102 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 297?
HB 297 is sponsored by Brady Brammer (Republican) and Tiara Auxier (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 297?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2025. Enacted.
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