---
type: "Bill"
title: "Navajo Code Talker Recognition"
description: "Navajo Code Talker Recognition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 101"
citation: "Utah S.B. 101 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Signs", "Veterans Affairs", "Highways", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iwamoto, Jani"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/246e279b-d20c-4e27-8e9e-4090494368c6"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0101.html"
source_hash: "184c28186332dd9281ffa9fbb59a49ed4ac521b5e203b7ec336e3e72934e15b6"
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. 101 (2019) — Navajo Code Talker Recognition

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0101.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0101.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iwamoto, Jani — primary (person)
- Watkins, Christine F — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-28** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-01-30** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-13** to House
- **2019-02-13** received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-27** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-02-27** to Senate
- **2019-02-27** received from House
- **2019-02-27** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-28** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-02-28** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-20** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** 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/246e279b-d20c-4e27-8e9e-4090494368c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).