---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 21 Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments"
description: "H.B. 21 Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "Utah HB 21 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fines", "Judicial Operations", "Punishment", "Restitution", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wheatley, Mark A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11310c27-986e-432a-ad12-189fb55a3181"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0021.html"
source_hash: "26f1d1ded8711eb889c1a73cbb27711b70727b75ef51c62a92eab4911b71d0a2"
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 HB 21 (2024) — H.B. 21 Criminal Accounts Receivable 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0021S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0021.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wheatley, Mark A. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-30** to Senate
- **2024-01-30** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-02-05** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-02-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-08** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-08** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-14** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2024-02-27** 3nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2024-02-27** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-02-27** to House with amendments
- **2024-02-27** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-27** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-28** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-28** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to House
- **2024-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-08** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-08** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-19** 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/11310c27-986e-432a-ad12-189fb55a3181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).