---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 98 Legal Costs Recovery Amendments"
description: "S.B. 98 Legal Costs Recovery Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Utah SB 98 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pitcher, Stephanie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ec8843-25b6-4dbe-ae7d-9f38546490ed"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0098.html"
source_hash: "756d941284941e8b3ad145055ba36f6b5b7fce03a40da8e885fa3d88de7d9b4e"
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 98 (2023) — S.B. 98 Legal Costs Recovery 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/SB0098S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0098S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0098.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pitcher, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Loubet, Anthony E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-19** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-01-24** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-24** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** comm rpt/substituted/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-26** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-06** to House
- **2023-02-06** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2023-02-10** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** circled
- **2023-02-15** uncircled
- **2023-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-15** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-15** to Senate
- **2023-02-16** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-02-17** 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/29ec8843-25b6-4dbe-ae7d-9f38546490ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).