---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil and Gas Modifications"
description: "Oil and Gas Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 148"
citation: "Utah S.B. 148 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Mining", "Oil and Gas"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Okerlund, Ralph"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-17"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21462648-15b8-454d-8f18-859ddaefe421"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0148.html"
source_hash: "58f984a575f9d162d0aca7cd889df7675664bcfe3225e2593c9abbbe49f6f35c"
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. 148 (2020) — Oil and Gas Modifications

## 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/SB0148.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0148.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Okerlund, Ralph — primary (person)
- Albrecht, Carl R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-17** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** circled
- **2020-02-25** uncircled
- **2020-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-25** to House
- **2020-02-25** received from Senate
- **2020-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-03-05** to Senate
- **2020-03-05** received from House
- **2020-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-05** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-05** 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/21462648-15b8-454d-8f18-859ddaefe421`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).