---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parental Indigent Defense Amendments"
description: "Parental Indigent Defense Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "Utah SB 52 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family", "Indigent Counsel", "Judicial Operations", "Parental Defense"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9dfddda-1804-4445-9cb8-0bb7a6d0298d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0052.html"
source_hash: "d63a42248cb20fce40715d3be8c3ef317b22c98123fac83920b18d1dc892aa9f"
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 52 (2023) — Parental Indigent 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/sbillint/SB0052.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0052.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd D. — primary (person)
- Lund, Steven 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
- **2022-12-23** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-12-23** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-12-23** 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** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-01-19** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-01** to House
- **2023-02-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2023-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2023-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-01** 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/f9dfddda-1804-4445-9cb8-0bb7a6d0298d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).