---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judiciary Amendments"
description: "Judiciary Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 79"
citation: "Utah S.B. 79 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillyard, Lyle W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67e032a6-32c8-48cb-bd69-d212cc627536"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0079.html"
source_hash: "f85b9aa804c82353264cbcb0f787d0c5d978ce1fb299e80bfe5224f8a92ef056"
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. 79 (2018) — Judiciary 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/SB0079.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SB0079.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0079.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **65–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hillyard, Lyle W. — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-10** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-10** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-19** 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 - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-29** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-01-29** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-29** to House
- **2018-01-30** received from Senate
- **2018-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-07** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** circled
- **2018-02-09** uncircled
- **2018-02-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-09** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-09** to Senate
- **2018-02-09** received from House
- **2018-02-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-02-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-14** 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/67e032a6-32c8-48cb-bd69-d212cc627536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).