---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 175 Defense Contracts Amendments"
description: "S.B. 175 Defense Contracts Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 175"
citation: "Utah S.B. 175 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Welfare", "Human Services", "Indigent Counsel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-24"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d80fca16-fdd6-40b7-a8a9-5bdc6aa94b13"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0175.html"
source_hash: "f135aa20ed86bfaee99b8cee75a10856d6b9c44d2218b8ca829bf6608be14b4b"
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. 175 (2020) — S.B. 175 Defense Contracts 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/SB0175S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0175.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **65–5** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Hutchings, Eric K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-24** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-24** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-24** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-27** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2020-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2020-03-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-03** to House
- **2020-03-03** received from Senate
- **2020-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2020-03-12** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **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 Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-03-12** to Senate
- **2020-03-12** received from House
- **2020-03-12** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-16** 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/d80fca16-fdd6-40b7-a8a9-5bdc6aa94b13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).