---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 156 Criminal Offense Amendments"
description: "S.B. 156 Criminal Offense Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Utah SB 156 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Fines", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Punishment", "Theft"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Gene"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ab0a3c5-263e-4554-9be3-bd2032b4c8e6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0156.html"
source_hash: "4423a65958dd5168d8f230cce0072f9926f27a756b4d2104fe702bef42abd8f6"
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 156 (2021) — S.B. 156 Criminal Offense 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/SB0156S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0156.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **65–6** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Held — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **16–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis, Gene — primary (person)
- Brooks, Walt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-16** Senate Comm - Held
- **2021-02-17** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2021-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-18** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-22** to House
- **2021-02-22** received from Senate
- **2021-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2021-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-03** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **2021-03-04** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-05** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-05** 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`
- **2021-03-17** 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/9ab0a3c5-263e-4554-9be3-bd2032b4c8e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).