---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Offender Penalty Amendments"
description: "Juvenile Offender Penalty Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Utah SB 15 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Juvenile Justice", "Juveniles", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Punishment", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pitcher, Stephanie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75a4eaea-63ab-45b0-b8ff-de7fabe0d428"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0015.html"
source_hash: "652038099ae4c2e547a688e69b85fb1746032c3a1b6631c0140dfa987facd0a7"
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 15 (2023) — Juvenile Offender Penalty 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/SB0015.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0015.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pitcher, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Abbott, Nelson T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-03** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-17** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-01-17** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-01-17** to House
- **2023-01-18** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2023-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-02** to Senate
- **2023-02-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-02-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** 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/75a4eaea-63ab-45b0-b8ff-de7fabe0d428`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).