---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 23 Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments"
description: "S.B. 23 Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 23"
citation: "Utah S.B. 23 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Health", "Construction and Fire Codes", "Occupations and Professions", "Judicial Operations", "Medical Malpractice", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bacb0df1-58d2-49d7-b7cd-143c494f3eaf"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0023.html"
source_hash: "244f826654040daf6293bbd6147ae00cf76c5efc6b5cb73fa56e1c595ba9e71b"
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. 23 (2020) — S.B. 23 Division of 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/SB0023S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillamd/SB0023S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0023.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- Dunnigan, James A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-12-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-27** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2020-02-06** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** circled
- **2020-02-18** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-18** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2020-02-20** uncircled
- **2020-02-20** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2020-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-20** to House
- **2020-02-20** received from Senate
- **2020-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** circled
- **2020-03-04** uncircled
- **2020-03-04** floor amendment # 1
- **2020-03-04** circled
- **2020-03-04** uncircled
- **2020-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-04** to Senate
- **2020-03-04** received from House
- **2020-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-05** concurs with House amendment
- **2020-03-05** to House
- **2020-03-05** received from Senate
- **2020-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-03-05** to Senate
- **2020-03-06** received from House
- **2020-03-06** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-06** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-06** 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/bacb0df1-58d2-49d7-b7cd-143c494f3eaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).