---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act"
description: "Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 188"
citation: "Utah S.B. 188 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary", "Uniform Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillyard, Lyle W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3e74761-d1fb-49df-9947-1fe96f7145a8"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0188.html"
source_hash: "5e1d09a5e887aa9f68da8ef0487aa469fbc7e916bcd780b0c0dab80ef8187be5"
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. 188 (2018) — Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act

## 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/SB0188.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0188.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hillyard, Lyle W. — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-14** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-14** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-17** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-20** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-21** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-21** 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`
- **2018-02-27** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-03-01** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-05** to Senate
- **2018-03-05** received from House
- **2018-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-06** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** 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/a3e74761-d1fb-49df-9947-1fe96f7145a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).