---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Preference in Private Employment"
description: "Veterans Preference in Private Employment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 12"
citation: "Utah S.B. 12 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans Affairs", "Veterans and Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aa9e46d-7274-4c8c-af63-5345e62f5989"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0012.html"
source_hash: "9192795742cb2c9b514fdd5d48c4d9c4eb9081b2117bc40abf7540d2e8b45464"
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. 12 (2020) — Veterans Preference in Private Employment

## 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/sbillint/SB0012.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0012.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd — primary (person)
- Hall, Craig — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-12-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-12-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-01-27** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-01-27** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-01-27** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-01-27** to House
- **2020-01-29** received from Senate
- **2020-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-02-05** to Senate
- **2020-02-06** received from House
- **2020-02-06** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-07** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-02-07** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-28** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-28** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** 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/4aa9e46d-7274-4c8c-af63-5345e62f5989`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).