---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 139 Competency Amendments"
description: "S.B. 139 Competency Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "Utah SB 139 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Competency", "Health Care Professionals", "Insanity Defense/Competency", "Judicial Operations", "Mental Health Professionals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pitcher, Stephanie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dc3695d-be8a-4234-81fc-ad6a21b50200"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0139.html"
source_hash: "aac2fdfadc0ebc8dba2d9df894c345c831d3eca5b64b4cc3046b140261cae782"
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 139 (2024) — S.B. 139 Competency 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/sbillint/SB0139S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0139S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0139.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-24** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2024-01-26** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-30** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-30** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-01-31** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** circled
- **2024-02-06** uncircled
- **2024-02-06** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-07** to House
- **2024-02-08** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-09** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-12** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-23** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-03-01** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** 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/6dc3695d-be8a-4234-81fc-ad6a21b50200`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).