---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blockchain Technology Act"
description: "Blockchain Technology Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 213"
citation: "Utah S.B. 213 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Technology", "Financial Institutions", "Securities", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hemmert, Daniel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0337471c-e183-4fe1-a133-ff450bdcdbe6"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0213.html"
source_hash: "d43d51dd3ba8c83da7f0e30633a58e52467a77cfc9a1de44cd9841451d8ff87d"
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. 213 (2019) — Blockchain Technology Act

## 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/SB0213.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0213.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0213.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with House amendment — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hemmert, Daniel — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-25** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-25** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-26** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-28** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-03-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-06** to House
- **2019-03-06** received from Senate
- **2019-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2019-03-11** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-03-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** floor amendment # 3
- **2019-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-12** to Senate
- **2019-03-12** received from House
- **2019-03-12** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-12** concurs with House amendment
- **2019-03-12** to House
- **2019-03-12** received from Senate
- **2019-03-12** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-03-12** to Senate
- **2019-03-13** received from House
- **2019-03-13** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-14** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-03-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-26** 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/0337471c-e183-4fe1-a133-ff450bdcdbe6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).