---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 160 Indigent Defense Amendments"
description: "S.B. 160 Indigent Defense Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Utah SB 160 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Homicide", "Indigent Counsel", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e11807e8-ed36-4430-9411-9680ba84e647"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0160.html"
source_hash: "90b70bba383ba8b995b3433a2f9d6d76703b4d3c0d8dec029c2b216e6897b738"
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 160 (2024) — S.B. 160 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/~2024/bills/sbillint/SB0160S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0160.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd D. — primary (person)
- Clancy, Tyler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-29** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** circled
- **2024-02-08** uncircled
- **2024-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-08** to House
- **2024-02-08** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-26** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-02-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-26** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2024-02-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-28** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-28** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-28** to House
- **2024-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from Senate 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
- **2024-03-12** 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/e11807e8-ed36-4430-9411-9680ba84e647`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).