---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legislative Hiring Practices Amendments"
description: "Legislative Hiring Practices Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 238"
citation: "Utah S.B. 238 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "Legislative Affairs", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niederhauser, Wayne L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd3a4ffb-0b05-44f2-a436-85ee0c0f385e"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0238.html"
source_hash: "7d3d934f74a419ceeab667690b6f80dc411da93fc369eb289558d9169202562c"
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. 238 (2018) — Legislative Hiring Practices 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/SB0238.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SB0238.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0238.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Niederhauser, Wayne L. — primary (person)
- Wilson, Brad R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-27** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-03-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-03-01** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** placed back on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-01** circled
- **2018-03-01** uncircled
- **2018-03-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-02** to House
- **2018-03-02** received from Senate
- **2018-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-02** to House Government Operations 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** circled
- **2018-03-08** uncircled
- **2018-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-08** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-08** to Senate
- **2018-03-08** received from House
- **2018-03-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** 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/dd3a4ffb-0b05-44f2-a436-85ee0c0f385e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).