---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 141 Task Force on Food Security"
description: "S.B. 141 Task Force on Food Security"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 141"
citation: "Utah SB 141 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture & Food", "Department of Workforce Services", "Food", "Food Security", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb3b9cf6-4e99-4e02-bf31-977981d0751a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0141.html"
source_hash: "d46f64bbda812d436bad2bc213d63b2f7cfbb9663d5c24a7628a8a728c19ef1d"
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 141 (2021) — S.B. 141 Task Force on Food Security

## 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/SB0141S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0141.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **48–25** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **19–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **22–6** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- failed — **36–36** (fail) · lower
- concurs with House amendment — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Ballard, Melissa G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-17** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-25** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2021-02-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-01** to House
- **2021-03-01** received from Senate
- **2021-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-05** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-03-05** failed `failure`
- **2021-03-05** motion to reconsider
- **2021-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-05** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-17** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** 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/cb3b9cf6-4e99-4e02-bf31-977981d0751a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).