---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 239 Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative Amendments"
description: "S.B. 239 Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 239"
citation: "Utah S.B. 239 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hemmert, Daniel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bd0eb0e-604a-4070-b154-f2238a985ab1"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0239.html"
source_hash: "1814f3c88ea3025ed435577a5cdeafd4613e4b2ddd7c11cd3c5d92d772723b15"
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. 239 (2018) — S.B. 239 Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative 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/SB0239S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0239.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Held — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–1** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **62–10** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hemmert, Daniel — primary (person)
- Webb, R. Curt — 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** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-03-02** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-03-02** Senate Comm - Held
- **2018-03-05** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2018-03-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-03-05** to House
- **2018-03-05** received from Senate
- **2018-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** substituted from # 0 to # 3
- **2018-03-06** circled
- **2018-03-06** recalled by Senate
- **2018-03-06** to Senate
- **2018-03-06** received from House
- **2018-03-07** motion to reconsider
- **2018-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** substituted from # 3 to # 4
- **2018-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-07** to House
- **2018-03-07** received from Senate
- **2018-03-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-03-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-03-08** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-08** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-08** to Senate
- **2018-03-08** received from Senate
- **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
- **2018-03-14** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-14** 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`
- **2018-03-23** 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/9bd0eb0e-604a-4070-b154-f2238a985ab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).