---
type: "Bill"
title: "Phased Retirement Amendments"
description: "Phased Retirement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 20"
citation: "Utah S.B. 20 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement", "State Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hemmert, Daniel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-12-12"
last_action: "2017-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8730579-fbc8-45ff-9e54-5ec1e4e6eba9"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0020.html"
source_hash: "a457face746f25c039f6607e49a9c053bf456b9df72748db2d65a49b49c1a344"
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. 20 (2017) — Phased Retirement 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/SB0020.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0020.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hemmert, Daniel — primary (person)
- Moss, Jefferson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-13** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-11** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-01-23** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-01-23** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-01-23** to House
- **2017-01-24** received from Senate
- **2017-01-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** to House Retirement and Independent Entities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-08** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-02-08** to Senate
- **2017-02-09** received from House
- **2017-02-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-10** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-02-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-02-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-02-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-02-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-17** 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/d8730579-fbc8-45ff-9e54-5ec1e4e6eba9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).