---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victims of Domestic Violence Services Account Amendments"
description: "Victims of Domestic Violence Services Account Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 142"
citation: "Utah S.B. 142 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budgeting", "Domestic Violence", "Child Welfare", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christensen, Allen M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe4bd15f-6799-4f77-a4ec-8221e94dd8a9"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0142.html"
source_hash: "66d83d1444bbbe2a917cbc176a1afbb18d23e6b8adcea4edd8125ab51d5b7042"
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. 142 (2018) — Victims of Domestic Violence Services Account 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/~2018/bills/sbillint/SB0142.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SB0142.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0142.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **64–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Christensen, Allen M. — primary (person)
- Ray, Paul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-06** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-09** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-15** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-02-15** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-26** to House
- **2018-02-26** received from Senate
- **2018-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-06** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-06** to Senate
- **2018-03-06** received from House
- **2018-03-06** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20** 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/fe4bd15f-6799-4f77-a4ec-8221e94dd8a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).