---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Offender Penalty Amendments"
description: "Juvenile Offender Penalty Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Utah SB 50 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court Rules", "Courts", "Crimes", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Juvenile Justice", "Juveniles", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Offender Registries", "Punishment", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-21"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08dfb91b-0687-4f1f-b95a-b29fba877fdf"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0050.html"
source_hash: "8906f598904c4df1322daaa0d3ce323d7948342498e9f7f10a0670b83a59b35d"
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 50 (2021) — Juvenile Offender Penalty 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/SB0050.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0050.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Pitcher, Stephanie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-12-21** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-12-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-12-21** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-01-27** to House
- **2021-01-28** received from Senate
- **2021-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** circled
- **2021-02-18** uncircled
- **2021-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-18** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-18** to Senate
- **2021-02-18** received from House
- **2021-02-18** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** 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/08dfb91b-0687-4f1f-b95a-b29fba877fdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).