---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 156 Protection Against Extortion Amendments"
description: "S.B. 156 Protection Against Extortion Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Utah SB 156 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Punishment", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42a18bbb-3bbb-42bc-b051-cadd78f1cee1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0156.html"
source_hash: "206fba6c110b19f228aa4807c89d22af9004fb72f2f97a57fa0dde87463689f5"
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 (2022) — S.B. 156 Protection Against Extortion 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/~2022/bills/sbillint/SB0156S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0156.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Whyte, Stephen L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-07** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-02-07** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** comm rpt/amended
- **2022-02-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** circled
- **2022-02-14** uncircled
- **2022-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-15** to House
- **2022-02-15** received from Senate
- **2022-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-18** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-24** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-02-24** to Senate
- **2022-02-24** received from House
- **2022-02-24** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-28** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-02-28** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-22** 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/42a18bbb-3bbb-42bc-b051-cadd78f1cee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).