---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 118 Criminal Law Amendments"
description: "S.B. 118 Criminal Law Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 118"
citation: "Utah S.B. 118 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Code", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd8d14a0-0788-415d-abee-7b3001bf24b9"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0118.html"
source_hash: "83d05b5c2aeded4b21497d392ce21130a1422d8d81fe26f5e6d0e62c50214c1d"
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 S.B. 118 (2017) — S.B. 118 Criminal Law 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/~2017/bills/sbillint/SB0118S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0118.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Perry, Lee B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-31** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-22** to House
- **2017-02-22** received from Senate
- **2017-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** circled
- **2017-03-02** uncircled
- **2017-03-02** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** to Senate
- **2017-03-02** received from House
- **2017-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-03** concurs with House amendment
- **2017-03-03** to House
- **2017-03-03** received from Senate
- **2017-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-03** to Senate
- **2017-03-03** received from House
- **2017-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-03-06** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-28** 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/fd8d14a0-0788-415d-abee-7b3001bf24b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).