---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 159 Forcible Entry and Detainer"
description: "S.B. 159 Forcible Entry and Detainer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 159"
citation: "Utah S.B. 159 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Landlord - Tenant", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dayton, Margaret"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53638c7a-31d5-48eb-ba6e-12f0c1a50cf5"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0159.html"
source_hash: "8a2c4a1f80dc535225fd9a1f454cfb4be5e02f1c90b091a2b4dead425c725cbc"
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. 159 (2018) — S.B. 159 Forcible Entry and Detainer

## 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/SB0159S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dayton, Margaret — primary (person)
- Grover, Keith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-07** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-08** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-08** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-02-12** Senate Comm - Held
- **2018-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-14** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2018-02-14** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-02-14** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-21** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-26** to House
- **2018-02-26** received from Senate
- **2018-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **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
- **2018-03-07** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-07** 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`
- **2018-03-19** 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/53638c7a-31d5-48eb-ba6e-12f0c1a50cf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).