---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 114 Theft Defense Amendments"
description: "H.B. 114 Theft Defense Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 114"
citation: "Utah HB 114 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Theft"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/496488de-d3f4-433d-a5c8-7c230685bf43"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0114.html"
source_hash: "3afd36a0329af6be3b8f0c470e00957b030bc1de64f43b0e95713b1c9f8af7d5"
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 HB 114 (2023) — H.B. 114 Theft Defense 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0114S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0114.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **65–4** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **19–7** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **19–7** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albrecht, Carl R. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-01-20** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-01-20** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-20** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-23** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-01-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-27** to Senate
- **2023-01-30** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-09** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-09** to House
- **2023-02-09** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-09** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14** 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/496488de-d3f4-433d-a5c8-7c230685bf43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).