---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exploitation of a Minor Amendments"
description: "Exploitation of a Minor Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 232"
citation: "Utah S.B. 232 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Welfare", "Criminal Procedure", "Crimes", "Judicial Operations", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-03"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e76c4bc-251a-43bd-a38c-5fb5e17ca126"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0232.html"
source_hash: "4871ce5f16a6a431626f0f2b1ce31bad5b3b4368c130009eebb8d67ecb5f9a07"
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. 232 (2020) — Exploitation of a Minor Amendments

## 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/SB0232.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillamd/SB0232.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0232.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd — primary (person)
- Waldrip, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-03-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-03-03** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-03-03** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-03-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-03-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-09** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** floor amendment # 1
- **2020-03-09** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-03-09** to House
- **2020-03-09** received from Senate
- **2020-03-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-03-12** to Senate
- **2020-03-12** received from House
- **2020-03-12** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-16** 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`
- **2020-03-28** 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/8e76c4bc-251a-43bd-a38c-5fb5e17ca126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).