---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 51 Group Gang Enhancement Amendments"
description: "S.B. 51 Group Gang Enhancement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "Utah SB 51 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Gangs", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Punishment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-12-21"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/105db8e6-9c54-4c95-b626-d8763cb35354"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0051.html"
source_hash: "a63b203c08c1dc7ecd2f7957793c8f2c970b469b9b87b4ed426794e86a4f6b6b"
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 51 (2021) — S.B. 51 Group Gang Enhancement 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/SB0051S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0051.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **24–0** (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
- **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 Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-12** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** circled
- **2021-02-18** uncircled
- **2021-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-18** to Senate
- **2021-02-18** received from House
- **2021-02-18** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-19** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-02-19** to House
- **2021-02-19** received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-19** to Senate
- **2021-02-19** received from House
- **2021-02-19** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** 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/105db8e6-9c54-4c95-b626-d8763cb35354`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).