---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 85 Disinheritance Following Crimes Against Vulnerable Adults"
description: "S.B. 85 Disinheritance Following Crimes Against Vulnerable Adults"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Utah SB 85 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abuse", "Neglect", "Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults", "Adult Services", "Crimes", "Human Services", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Probate", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b9ca05d-a387-40b2-8f5e-e931f8a6c157"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0085.html"
source_hash: "5e4a90cff35e80394dd29f37d7f1a87a4009bf8cbfe52184c612591e38013673"
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 85 (2021) — S.B. 85 Disinheritance Following Crimes Against Vulnerable Adults

## 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/SB0085S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0085.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Held — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd D. — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-12** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-13** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **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 - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-01-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-22** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-01-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-29** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-01** to House
- **2021-02-02** received from Senate
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** House Comm - Held
- **2021-02-22** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2021-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** circled
- **2021-02-24** uncircled
- **2021-02-24** substituted from # 1 to # 3
- **2021-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-24** to Senate
- **2021-02-24** received from House
- **2021-02-24** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-25** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-02-25** to House
- **2021-02-25** received from Senate
- **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
- **2021-02-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** 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/4b9ca05d-a387-40b2-8f5e-e931f8a6c157`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).