---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Licensing Amendments"
description: "Office of Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 78"
citation: "Utah S.B. 78 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster Care", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christensen, Allen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7307f8e-36e7-4879-ae09-6450d7a378ba"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0078.html"
source_hash: "9af17a2dabac358dc0811de5c1c58d37eaa8ef0b904e684f0b6a1b4c493b9992"
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. 78 (2018) — Office of Licensing 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/SB0078.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0078.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Christensen, Allen M. — primary (person)
- Watkins, Christine F — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-10** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-10** 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** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-26** to House
- **2018-01-29** received from Senate
- **2018-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-01** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-05** to Senate
- **2018-02-05** received from House
- **2018-02-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-05** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-02-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/a7307f8e-36e7-4879-ae09-6450d7a378ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).