---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 76 Post-conviction DNA Testing Amendments"
description: "S.B. 76 Post-conviction DNA Testing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 76"
citation: "Utah S.B. 76 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Code", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillyard, Lyle W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d39c201-8b1a-4182-83cc-2cda3996a576"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0076.html"
source_hash: "9628beb41533f8393b9fda5b75ec9c3512c82584186c040dde2f2bfeb56f89e4"
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. 76 (2017) — S.B. 76 Post-conviction DNA Testing 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/SB0076S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0076.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hillyard, Lyle W. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **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 - Not Considered
- **2017-01-30** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-31** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-31** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-02** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-14** passed 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`
- **2017-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2017-03-07** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-07** to Senate
- **2017-03-07** received from House
- **2017-03-07** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **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`
- **2017-03-23** 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/2d39c201-8b1a-4182-83cc-2cda3996a576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).