---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 129 Public Safety and Firefighter Tier II Retirement Enhancements"
description: "S.B. 129 Public Safety and Firefighter Tier II Retirement Enhancements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 129"
citation: "Utah S.B. 129 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement", "Public Safety", "State Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2153835-e268-4681-8882-8e9fa88698dc"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0129.html"
source_hash: "5decf31cb7dd6b6f5d28d6ff5fb3470e32ea90bf013224da266b4af263b48973"
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. 129 (2019) — S.B. 129 Public Safety and Firefighter Tier II Retirement Enhancements

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0129S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0129.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **65–2** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Perry, Lee B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-04** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-11** to Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-20** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-26** to House
- **2019-02-26** received from Senate
- **2019-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-03-05** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2019-03-05** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-03-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2019-03-06** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2019-03-14** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2019-03-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-14** to Senate
- **2019-03-14** received from House
- **2019-03-14** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-14** concurs with House amendment
- **2019-03-14** to House
- **2019-03-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-03-14** received from Senate
- **2019-03-14** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-03-14** to Senate
- **2019-03-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-14** received from House
- **2019-03-14** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** 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/b2153835-e268-4681-8882-8e9fa88698dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).