---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Facility Capacity Amendments"
description: "Correctional Facility Capacity Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 20"
citation: "Utah HB 20 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Facilities", "Department of Corrections", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisonbee, Karianne"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-18T21:19:54+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-07T14:40:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eefaf97-3b1b-4a73-9955-163d8919958d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0020.html"
source_hash: "4f8cb09f6268e751488c8f5a1496741d7a964e4b7d1630873bd8ee6b40ed54b8"
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 20 (2026) — Correctional Facility Capacity 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0020.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0020 To HB0020S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0020S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0020.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **19–3** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **23–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisonbee, Karianne — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-18T21:19:54+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0020
- **2025-09-18T21:19:54+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0020
- **2025-11-19T09:52:58+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0020
- **2025-12-04T23:35:26+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-04T23:35:26+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-14T20:36:34+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T19:30:51+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0020
- **2026-01-20T17:43:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:30:45+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T19:24:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0020
- **2026-01-22T17:21:10+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T19:52:21+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0020S01
- **2026-01-23T19:52:21+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0020S01
- **2026-01-23T21:35:32+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-01-23T21:36:09+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26T18:14:34+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-01-26T18:14:35+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-28T21:33:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0020S01
- **2026-01-28T22:33:41+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0020S01
- **2026-02-03T18:35:58+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-03T18:40:22+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-03T18:40:24+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-03T19:20:14+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-03T21:22:41+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-05T21:12:24+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T01:03:41+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T21:34:27+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T21:34:28+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-12T18:20:13+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-12T18:20:32+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-18T22:47:22+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-18T22:49:10+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T18:04:49+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T18:07:21+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T18:07:22+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-19T18:07:23+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-19T19:23:39+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T19:23:40+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-20T15:46:31+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-20T15:46:33+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-20T23:24:17+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-20T23:24:23+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T19:09:04+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T19:09:06+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-07T14:40:00+00:00** 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/6eefaf97-3b1b-4a73-9955-163d8919958d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).