---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Smuggling Amendments"
description: "Human Smuggling Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Utah SB 117 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Prostitution", "Punishment", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baee623c-3fed-4932-8651-3cd5f93c39dc"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0117.html"
source_hash: "fa8f511d025b1782c707d78dc90139b948264ad8b924ab36036f44f1492385a9"
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 SB 117 (2021) — Human Smuggling 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/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0117.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0117.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Burton, Jefferson S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-01-26** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-29** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-08** to House
- **2021-02-08** received from Senate
- **2021-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2021-03-02** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-02** to Senate
- **2021-03-03** received from House
- **2021-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/baee623c-3fed-4932-8651-3cd5f93c39dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).