---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Indigent Defense Requirement"
description: "Local Government Indigent Defense Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 24"
citation: "Utah S.B. 24 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Governments", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d91466f-cec0-40f2-898b-a50e346fcef4"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0024.html"
source_hash: "319d8570c14ec9d4a65ff3c282753b43485282bfbb6bf6212dd08a9fef0d36c0"
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. 24 (2018) — Local Government Indigent Defense Requirement

## 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/SB0024.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0024.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — 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
- **2017-12-14** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-22** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-01-22** to House
- **2018-01-23** received from Senate
- **2018-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-01** to Senate
- **2018-02-02** received from House
- **2018-02-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-05** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-02-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/1d91466f-cec0-40f2-898b-a50e346fcef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).