---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 87 Civil Asset Forfeiture Revisions"
description: "S.B. 87 Civil Asset Forfeiture Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 87"
citation: "Utah S.B. 87 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forfeiture Procedure", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6073bef-47d3-46a6-af5c-3201f32c70fa"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0087.html"
source_hash: "5c5c049b2e4c77a1877c9a2f1c08b3f46046d07fc737e2b3d20175d7915ce1dc"
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. 87 (2017) — S.B. 87 Civil Asset Forfeiture Revisions

## 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/SB0087S04.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0087S04.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0087.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 4 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **63–3** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Greene, Brian M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** 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
- **2017-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** floor amendment # 4
- **2017-01-31** circled
- **2017-02-01** uncircled
- **2017-02-01** floor amendment # 5
- **2017-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-02** floor amendment failed # 6
- **2017-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-02** to House
- **2017-02-03** received from Senate
- **2017-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 4
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2017-03-04** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-03-04** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-03-09** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** floor amendment
- **2017-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-09** concurs with House amendment
- **2017-03-09** to House
- **2017-03-10** received from Senate
- **2017-03-10** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-10** to Senate
- **2017-03-13** received from House
- **2017-03-13** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-17** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-17** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-20** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-24** 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/a6073bef-47d3-46a6-af5c-3201f32c70fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).