---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Performance Evaluation Amendments"
description: "Judicial Performance Evaluation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Utah SB 233 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "Government Records", "Judges", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brammer, Brady"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02T17:40:46+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T13:55:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88f4d6db-7652-4719-9b41-545d9779c33c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0233.html"
source_hash: "0aafa5bdba0261729dbac01edceb1ec1099bb05bdb631bf41dbc6687b084d244"
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 233 (2026) — Judicial Performance Evaluation 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/SB0233.xml)
2. **Amended 2/24/2026 11:02:772** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0233S01_2026-02-24_11-14-29.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/24/2026 11:02:772** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0233S01_2026-02-24_11-14-29.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0233 To SB0233S01.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0233S01.Samd.1.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0233S01.xml)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0233.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **51–18** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **18–7** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **20–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brammer, Brady — primary (person)
- Lisonbee, Karianne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02T17:40:46+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-02T17:40:46+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-02T17:40:50+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0233
- **2026-02-02T17:40:50+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0233
- **2026-02-02T17:53:49+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-03T18:25:14+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-03T21:21:04+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T12:20:29+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0233
- **2026-02-04T22:40:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Not Considered [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-06T16:12:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0233
- **2026-02-06T17:49:17+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T20:49:06+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0233S01
- **2026-02-09T20:49:06+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0233S01
- **2026-02-10T00:18:55+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-10T00:39:46+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/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-10T21:34:28+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-11T16:53:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0233S01
- **2026-02-11T22:40:26+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0233S01
- **2026-02-24T00:08:37+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-24T00:11:03+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24T17:51:48+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24T17:52:42+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-24T17:55:02+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-24T17:55:03+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-24T19:12:17+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T21:16:51+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T19:00:16+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T23:33:33+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T02:49:34+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T02:49:36+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-04T03:02:14+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T03:02:17+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T17:48:44+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04T17:53:10+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-04T17:53:11+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-04T17:53:12+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T00:22:24+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T00:22:25+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T15:26:58+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T15:27:02+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T15:05:26+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T15:05:31+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T16:36:03+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T16:36:05+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T13:55:00+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/88f4d6db-7652-4719-9b41-545d9779c33c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).