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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Law Enforcement Officer Employment Amendments"
+description: "Law Enforcement Officer Employment Amendments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 153"
+citation: "Utah HB 153 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Municipalities", "Peace Officers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gwynn, Matthew H."]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-06T20:19:18+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-26T19:12:19+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f4d209b-00ed-4643-85ce-336843dc38d1"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0153.html"
+source_hash: "752f1456ed1ce0ca4b2ce36e5e7ef07e4a1b40083bdecca5f6ba943b05f6d6da"
+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 153 (2026) — Law Enforcement Officer Employment 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/HB0153.xml)
+2. **Amended 2/12/2026 10:02:491** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0153_2026-02-12_10-19-19.pdf)
+3. **Amended Excerpts 2/12/2026 10:02:491** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0153_2026-02-12_10-19-19.pdf)
+4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0153.Hamd.1.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0153.xml)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House/ passed 3rd reading — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **22–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gwynn, Matthew H. — primary (person)
+- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-06T20:19:18+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2026-01-06T20:19:18+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2026-01-06T20:19:20+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0153
+- **2026-01-06T20:19:20+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0153
+- **2026-01-14T20:59:06+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2026-01-17T19:30:58+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0153
+- **2026-01-20T22:38:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-01-22T17:50:22+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0153
+- **2026-01-22T18:23:43+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2026-02-05T18:59:46+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11T22:09:36+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-02-11T22:11:15+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-12T17:19:29+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-12T17:19:30+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-19T21:45:46+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-19T21:51:05+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-19T21:51:07+00:00** House/ to Senate
+- **2026-02-19T22:49:53+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
+- **2026-02-20T17:15:41+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-02-23T21:31:06+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25T16:41:20+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25T21:22:18+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25T21:22:19+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2026-03-05T00:03:05+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-05T17:56:34+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2026-03-05T18:33:27+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
+- **2026-03-05T18:33:41+00:00** Senate/ circled
+- **2026-03-05T18:56:53+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
+- **2026-03-05T18:58:50+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
+- **2026-03-05T18:58:51+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
+- **2026-03-05T18:58:52+00:00** Senate/ to House
+- **2026-03-05T22:37:28+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2026-03-05T22:37:29+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2026-03-06T20:46:52+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
+- **2026-03-06T20:46:53+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2026-03-07T05:11:37+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-07T05:11:43+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2026-03-11T19:17:23+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2026-03-11T19:17:25+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-26T19:12:19+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/4f4d209b-00ed-4643-85ce-336843dc38d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
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