---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 143 Employment Background Checks"
description: "S.B. 143 Employment Background Checks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 143"
citation: "Utah S.B. 143 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49f6e680-387d-41e7-b6b4-6ce6112cd4fe"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0143.html"
source_hash: "3bd5d559c90e813934cadd75291c0b2d72ac697f7ca3374f3f80d756018ddc0a"
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 S.B. 143 (2018) — S.B. 143 Employment Background Checks

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillint/SB0143S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SB0143S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0143.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Hutchings, Eric K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-08** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-02-20** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-21** to House
- **2018-02-21** received from Senate
- **2018-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2018-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-28** 2nd suspended
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** circled
- **2018-03-06** uncircled
- **2018-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-06** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-06** to Senate
- **2018-03-06** received from House
- **2018-03-06** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-22** 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/49f6e680-387d-41e7-b6b4-6ce6112cd4fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).