---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Elected Officer Amendments"
description: "Local Elected Officer Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 38"
citation: "Utah S.B. 38 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Governments", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-13"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3f80e62-0629-460f-ac37-b4245a2aaeae"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0038.html"
source_hash: "db68d66c5683a6468f28df7797cad6ebae7ba1b69fe7a1702124bb29ae1a6db1"
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. 38 (2018) — Local Elected Officer 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/SB0038.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SB0038.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0038.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **27–1** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **44–24** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Hall, Craig — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-12-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-17** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-25** circled
- **2018-01-30** uncircled
- **2018-01-30** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-30** to House
- **2018-01-30** received from Senate
- **2018-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** circled
- **2018-02-22** uncircled
- **2018-02-22** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-22** to Senate
- **2018-02-22** received from House
- **2018-02-22** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-02-23** concurs with House amendment
- **2018-02-23** to House
- **2018-02-23** received from Senate
- **2018-02-23** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-26** to Senate
- **2018-02-26** received from House
- **2018-02-26** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-14** 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/b3f80e62-0629-460f-ac37-b4245a2aaeae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).