---
type: "Bill"
title: "Asset Forfeiture Transparency Amendments"
description: "Asset Forfeiture Transparency Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 70"
citation: "Utah S.B. 70 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forfeiture Procedure", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephenson, Howard A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-04"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccd55be3-2d5e-44bc-b65c-2c275310b597"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0070.html"
source_hash: "09da4cd3c199e5983615b8bd1e8d48acc22c51536b667b0393b496a135d1e50c"
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. 70 (2017) — Asset Forfeiture Transparency 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/SB0070.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0070.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0070.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stephenson, Howard A. — primary (person)
- Knotwell, John — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-04** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-04** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-04** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-21** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-03** floor amendment # 3
- **2017-02-03** circled
- **2017-02-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-07** uncircled
- **2017-02-07** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-08** to House
- **2017-02-08** received from Senate
- **2017-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2017-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** circled
- **2017-03-02** uncircled
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-02** to Senate
- **2017-03-02** received from House
- **2017-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-02** 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`
- **2017-03-23** 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/ccd55be3-2d5e-44bc-b65c-2c275310b597`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).