---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 20 Misdemeanor Amendments"
description: "S.B. 20 Misdemeanor Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 20"
citation: "Utah S.B. 20 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Punishments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b1dc869-1a05-4f3d-b31f-1cce317765ac"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0020.html"
source_hash: "400ccd59c07d0e0cc122921191c7a2df0d6c7cdb9a6f151d17660d271849758c"
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 (2018) — S.B. 20 Misdemeanor 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/SB0020S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0020.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **1–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **1–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Roberts, Marc K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-14** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2018-02-14** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-14** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-16** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **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`
- **2018-02-27** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-03-02** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-05** to Senate
- **2018-03-05** received from House
- **2018-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-06** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-16** 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/6b1dc869-1a05-4f3d-b31f-1cce317765ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).