---
type: "Bill"
title: "Theft Amendments"
description: "Theft Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 59"
citation: "Utah S.B. 59 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Code", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Sentencing Commission", "Punishments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0b2206d-7335-4cc7-82b5-6a86f02d411d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0059.html"
source_hash: "65df54362dcc2d1a0661905250a6fe903bafc30778345267d5da69a9330d839b"
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. 59 (2018) — Theft 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/SB0059.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0059.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **53–18** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **22–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Ray, Paul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-12-18** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-18** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-19** 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
- **2018-02-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-20** to House
- **2018-02-20** received from Senate
- **2018-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** House Comm - Returned to Rules
- **2018-03-06** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2018-03-08** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-08** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-08** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-08** to Senate
- **2018-03-08** received from House
- **2018-03-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** 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`
- **2018-03-19** 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/b0b2206d-7335-4cc7-82b5-6a86f02d411d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).