---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 149 Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments"
description: "S.B. 149 Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 149"
citation: "Utah S.B. 149 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor & Employment", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-18"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42200203-2530-4218-a267-2128de5cd5a8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0149.html"
source_hash: "eca4563d2bb4e668b7ecb9f91395421eb4c766dc2a5814bd9dd7d6bf17f43be1"
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. 149 (2020) — S.B. 149 Occupational and Professional Licensing 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/sbillint/SB0149S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0149.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **69–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Thurston, Norman K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **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** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-25** to House
- **2020-02-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-25** received from Senate
- **2020-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-03-04** to Senate
- **2020-03-04** received from House
- **2020-03-04** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-04** 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/42200203-2530-4218-a267-2128de5cd5a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).