---
type: "Bill"
title: "Obscene Animal Abuse Material Amendments"
description: "Obscene Animal Abuse Material Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Utah SB 72 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abuse", "Neglect", "or Dependency", "Animals", "Crimes", "Fines", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Pornography", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-05T18:24:48+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T13:33:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e197f7a1-5159-42ed-9448-5081c2cd3fb2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0072.html"
source_hash: "000f393267aa81ff2541425b0e7efee11386f6dfa1bc7497da7db118d5082f47"
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 72 (2026) — Obscene Animal Abuse Material 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/SB0072.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0072 To SB0072S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0072S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0072.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Gricius, Stephanie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05T18:24:48+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-05T18:24:48+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-05T18:24:50+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0072
- **2026-01-05T18:24:50+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0072
- **2026-01-13T23:01:54+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T16:04:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0072
- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:21:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0072
- **2026-01-20T21:43:32+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:08:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T22:57:05+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T18:27:12+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T18:27:13+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-20T22:09:53+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T22:14:04+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23T18:06:28+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T18:08:43+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T18:08:44+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-23T19:23:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T21:07:32+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-23T23:53:08+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T16:16:35+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T21:10:27+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T21:10:28+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-02T17:53:50+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0072S01
- **2026-03-02T17:53:50+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0072S01
- **2026-03-02T23:47:35+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0072S01
- **2026-03-03T00:00:34+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0072S01
- **2026-03-05T21:41:25+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-05T21:42:16+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-03-05T21:44:30+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-05T21:44:32+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T16:29:59+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T16:30:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T16:44:47+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-06T16:44:48+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T17:31:07+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T17:31:08+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:31:09+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T21:08:24+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T21:08:25+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T15:18:28+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T15:18:31+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T15:54:31+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T15:54:38+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T15:18:29+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T15:18:31+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T13:33:00+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/e197f7a1-5159-42ed-9448-5081c2cd3fb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).