---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homeless Identification Documents"
description: "Homeless Identification Documents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 196"
citation: "Utah S.B. 196 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services", "Homeless Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christensen, Allen M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a7f869-b44a-4548-b19c-5da8a02b1783"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0196.html"
source_hash: "df9213b50d7e92eaa483e3e6139e6f050dcbe81470cee6115f7c348a991eb75f"
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. 196 (2018) — Homeless Identification Documents

## 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/SB0196.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SB0196.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0196.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Christensen, Allen M. — primary (person)
- Spendlove, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-02-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-28** to House
- **2018-02-28** received from Senate
- **2018-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2018-03-06** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-06** 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
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** 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/e3a7f869-b44a-4548-b19c-5da8a02b1783`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).