---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judiciary Amendments"
description: "Judiciary Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 169"
citation: "Utah S.B. 169 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judicial Administration", "Courts", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillyard, Lyle W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bf37726-2b71-408a-a5c2-1d031bf9a4cb"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0169.html"
source_hash: "b4709c5697bf143995ab6f0c67cc2fa5441df41700e0f03f376912dcb048da0d"
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. 169 (2017) — Judiciary 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/SB0169.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0169.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0169.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hillyard, Lyle W. — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-03** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-09** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-10** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2017-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-15** to House
- **2017-02-15** received from Senate
- **2017-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-03-02** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-06** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-06** to Senate
- **2017-03-06** received from House
- **2017-03-06** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-06** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** 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/4bf37726-2b71-408a-a5c2-1d031bf9a4cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).