---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 124 Law Enforcement Officer Amendments"
description: "S.B. 124 Law Enforcement Officer Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Utah SB 124 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Department of Public Safety", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Peace Officer Standards and Training", "Peace Officers", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faaef4f7-22d2-4df5-a90e-9227dab58acf"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0124.html"
source_hash: "5905518db1a52f578e6ee1a8150fa416268087d9ef7c319ac1feef9bc0f4b39e"
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 124 (2023) — S.B. 124 Law Enforcement Officer 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/sbillint/SB0124S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0124.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Wilcox, Ryan D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-24** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-01-30** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-14** to House
- **2023-02-14** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-17** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2023-02-22** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-22** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-01** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** 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/faaef4f7-22d2-4df5-a90e-9227dab58acf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).