---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 139 Amendments to Indigent Defense"
description: "S.B. 139 Amendments to Indigent Defense"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 139"
citation: "Utah S.B. 139 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Judicial Operations", "Indigent Counsel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Okerlund, Ralph"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1b376a9-d0df-4a70-bc3b-5ed0670f6f42"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0139.html"
source_hash: "5d645389683d87246aa8d11bfa83732f83911fd1d2e8a69d6c916218f190fdf0"
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. 139 (2020) — S.B. 139 Amendments to Indigent Defense

## 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/sbillint/SB0139S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillamd/SB0139S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0139.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **47–23** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Okerlund, Ralph — primary (person)
- Ferry, Joel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-14** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-20** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-25** to House
- **2020-02-25** received from Senate
- **2020-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-03-02** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2020-03-09** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-03-09** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-03-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2020-03-09** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2020-03-10** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** floor amendment # 2
- **2020-03-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-10** to Senate
- **2020-03-10** received from House
- **2020-03-10** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-11** concurs with House amendment
- **2020-03-11** to House
- **2020-03-11** received from Senate
- **2020-03-11** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-03-11** to Senate
- **2020-03-11** received from House
- **2020-03-11** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-28** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-28** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** 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/f1b376a9-d0df-4a70-bc3b-5ed0670f6f42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).