---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 129 Judiciary Amendments"
description: "S.B. 129 Judiciary Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 129"
citation: "Utah SB 129 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice", "Courts", "Judges", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullimore, Kirk A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68d72991-5dbe-4015-882c-37396608d9d8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0129.html"
source_hash: "3c2d862fdfe3c912edaa080e7c81453e12583c179a750abe9efde6e3dc978f3e"
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 129 (2023) — S.B. 129 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/~2023/bills/sbillint/SB0129S04.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0129S04.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0129.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **20–7** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **20–6** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **52–15** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4 — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cullimore, Kirk A. — primary (person)
- Lisonbee, Karianne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-24** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-25** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-08** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-09** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-09** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** circled
- **2023-02-21** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-21** uncircled
- **2023-02-21** substituted from # 1 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-22** to House
- **2023-02-23** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2023-02-27** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-27** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4
- **2023-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** circled
- **2023-03-01** uncircled
- **2023-03-01** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-02** circled
- **2023-03-02** uncircled
- **2023-03-02** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** 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`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** 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`
- **2023-03-14** 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/68d72991-5dbe-4015-882c-37396608d9d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).