---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Commission Authority Amendments"
description: "Tax Commission Authority Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 38"
citation: "Utah S.B. 38 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Tax", "Revenue and Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henderson, Deidre M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57a506cd-a202-4b92-8797-804583c25f01"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0038.html"
source_hash: "f277bd97a4b74aae6effac85c145a756f4b2f08bca68ce9e618b0862aea825ea"
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. 38 (2020) — Tax Commission Authority 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/SB0038.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillamd/SB0038.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0038.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Henderson, Deidre M. — primary (person)
- Spendlove, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-08** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-01-09** 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** floor amendment # 1
- **2020-01-27** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-01-27** to House
- **2020-01-28** received from Senate
- **2020-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** to House Revenue and Taxation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-03** 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
- **2020-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-28** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-28** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-28** 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/57a506cd-a202-4b92-8797-804583c25f01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).