---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Pardons Amendments"
description: "Board of Pardons Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 54"
citation: "Utah S.B. 54 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Code of Criminal Procedure", "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: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e5f035d-0b9f-47e1-bedd-21796db3b886"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0054.html"
source_hash: "12a520bca7bec3a2ef3173a1308dcd65f746edf221b9052d9b48fbc565674f62"
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. 54 (2019) — Board of Pardons 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/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0054.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0054.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-08** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-23** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-25** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-12** to House
- **2019-02-12** received from Senate
- **2019-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2019-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-27** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-02-27** to Senate
- **2019-02-27** received from House
- **2019-02-27** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-28** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-02-28** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** 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/7e5f035d-0b9f-47e1-bedd-21796db3b886`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).