---
type: "Bill"
title: "Calculating New Damages Limits for Personal Injury Cases"
description: "Calculating New Damages Limits for Personal Injury Cases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018S2"
identifier: "S.B. 2005"
citation: "Utah S.B. 2005 (2018S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governmental Immunity", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iwamoto, Jani"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-07-17"
last_action: "2018-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/823bd565-764c-4f50-bc93-ca8da4337ccc"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018S2/bills/static/SB2005.html"
source_hash: "09b23ae54e17192a720886986728b3e6ede8318d92f2f1c14001b5ce17c978a1"
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. 2005 (2018S2) — Calculating New Damages Limits for Personal Injury Cases

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018S2/bills/sbillint/SB2005.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018S2/bills/sbillenr/SB2005.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Iwamoto, Jani — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-07-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-07-17** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-07-18** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-07-18** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2018-07-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-07-18** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-07-18** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-07-18** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-07-18** to House
- **2018-07-18** received from Senate
- **2018-07-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-07-18** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-07-18** 2nd suspended
- **2018-07-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-07-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-07-18** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-07-18** to Senate
- **2018-07-18** received from House
- **2018-07-18** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-07-19** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-07-19** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-07-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-07-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-07-19** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-07-19** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-21** 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/823bd565-764c-4f50-bc93-ca8da4337ccc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).