---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 87 Criminal Prosecution Modifications"
description: "S.B. 87 Criminal Prosecution Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "Utah SB 87 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1545e87-07e6-4c5d-be77-5ab6606f7c4a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0087.html"
source_hash: "95bb35464c50e17e82f8d4d9a6d91f4b7c8a7997d23fcc7a96df8eb4cc28f96d"
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 87 (2023) — S.B. 87 Criminal Prosecution Modifications

## 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/SB0087S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0087.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd D. — primary (person)
- Abbott, Nelson T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `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 & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** circled
- **2023-02-24** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-24** uncircled
- **2023-02-24** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** circled
- **2023-02-28** uncircled
- **2023-02-28** substituted from # 1 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to House
- **2023-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-03-02** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **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
- **2023-03-09** 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`
- **2023-03-20** 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/f1545e87-07e6-4c5d-be77-5ab6606f7c4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).