---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 81 Judicial Retention for Justice Court Judges"
description: "H.B. 81 Judicial Retention for Justice Court Judges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 81"
citation: "Utah H.B. 81 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judicial Administration", "Courts", "Judicial Operations", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Snow, V. Lowry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef15b0bf-9312-45b5-aa9a-b3f77685eeba"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0081.html"
source_hash: "c514da9009656a69d8ff113c3cdfae0f2b0d58c262a54aa4d6c8a604db43a75e"
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 H.B. 81 (2020) — H.B. 81 Judicial Retention for Justice Court Judges

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillint/HB0081S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0081.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Snow, V. Lowry — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-01-30** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-31** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-31** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-03** to Senate
- **2020-02-04** received from House
- **2020-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** circled
- **2020-02-12** uncircled
- **2020-02-12** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-13** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-02-13** to House
- **2020-02-13** received from Senate
- **2020-02-13** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-13** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-02-13** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** 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/ef15b0bf-9312-45b5-aa9a-b3f77685eeba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).