---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 98 Judiciary Amendments"
description: "S.B. 98 Judiciary Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Utah SB 98 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Judges", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a4b6416-65d0-42c4-80c5-837ab908cd67"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0098.html"
source_hash: "950567ca088702fc73ea5bfa7bce3900c5fa8dac39edd3f01bb0335ea1d853e2"
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 98 (2022) — S.B. 98 Judiciary 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/SB0098S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0098.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd D. — primary (person)
- Abbott, Nelson T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-21** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-01-31** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2022-02-03** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-04** to House
- **2022-02-04** received from Senate
- **2022-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-17** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-02-17** to Senate
- **2022-02-17** received from House
- **2022-02-17** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-21** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-02-21** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23** 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/2a4b6416-65d0-42c4-80c5-837ab908cd67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).