---
type: "Bill"
title: "Background Check Information Retention Amendments"
description: "Background Check Information Retention Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 438"
citation: "Utah H.B. 438 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Care", "Government Records", "Health", "Department of Health", "Workforce Services", "Background Checks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-27"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cf331da-c9a2-446d-b201-1cd96baa0095"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0438.html"
source_hash: "6e1a0cbe08c666607a4cfe0847259e2cf81cf4d801bfb612a17547cf4c653a65"
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 H.B. 438 (2020) — Background Check Information Retention Amendments

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillint/HB0438.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0438.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0438.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albrecht, Carl R. — primary (person)
- Hemmert, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-27** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-03-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-03-02** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-03-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-03-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-06** to Senate
- **2020-03-06** received from House
- **2020-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-06** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2020-03-09** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2020-03-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** circled
- **2020-03-12** uncircled
- **2020-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-12** to House
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** 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/0cf331da-c9a2-446d-b201-1cd96baa0095`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).