---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing Commission Requirements"
description: "Sentencing Commission Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "Utah SB 126 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Sentencing Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba4495c9-0017-45af-86f3-95b1608e26f9"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0126.html"
source_hash: "440bc273418ddf0e57d6b62707550ae15c4d720ad186d563d218ac21aa1cdada"
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 126 (2021) — Sentencing Commission Requirements

## 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/SB0126.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0126.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0126.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Judkins, Marsha — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-25** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-25** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-26** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-01-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-28** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-01-29** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** comm rpt/amended
- **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 Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** circled
- **2021-02-25** uncircled
- **2021-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-25** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-25** to Senate
- **2021-02-25** received from House
- **2021-02-25** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** 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/ba4495c9-0017-45af-86f3-95b1608e26f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).