---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private Security Amendments"
description: "Private Security Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 197"
citation: "Utah S.B. 197 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor", "Occupations and Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dayton, Margaret"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7da72425-1dc3-4ea7-a33a-93786f6a431b"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0197.html"
source_hash: "69d5a7a42a3de8f61eb68d8d67b9fb934e2ff737fc2b081c277c273b93148a72"
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. 197 (2018) — Private Security Amendments

## 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/SB0197.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0197.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dayton, Margaret — primary (person)
- Grover, Keith — 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 Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-20** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-22** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-27** to House
- **2018-02-27** received from Senate
- **2018-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2018-03-07** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-07** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-07** to Senate
- **2018-03-07** received from House
- **2018-03-07** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-16** 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/7da72425-1dc3-4ea7-a33a-93786f6a431b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).