---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Pardons Authority"
description: "Board of Pardons Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 89"
citation: "Utah S.B. 89 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Board of Pardons and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b843e7a8-efdb-4faf-ad10-3c58b74e44f5"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0089.html"
source_hash: "2722fead1cb3221549706d9389341e780fac65ec564f3d067f2718d7d75b283f"
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. 89 (2018) — Board of Pardons Authority

## 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/SB0089.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0089.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Hall, Craig — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-17** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-22** 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
- **2018-01-29** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-30** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-30** to House
- **2018-01-30** received from Senate
- **2018-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-14** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-14** to Senate
- **2018-02-15** received from House
- **2018-02-15** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-02-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-02-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-02-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-02-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-02-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-20** 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/b843e7a8-efdb-4faf-ad10-3c58b74e44f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).