---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 189 Tobacco Retailer Amendments"
description: "S.B. 189 Tobacco Retailer Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 189"
citation: "Utah SB 189 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Licensing", "Counties", "Crimes", "Department of Health", "Electronic Cigarettes", "Health", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Municipalities", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Tobacco and Other Nicotine Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac0b98c4-ec8e-4cf9-a5c7-289da6b1c7cc"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0189.html"
source_hash: "fa6c8368b7704a657df152029ec442cd94f9aeec78dc162339acefbdf0d2bd71"
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 SB 189 (2021) — S.B. 189 Tobacco Retailer 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/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0189S04.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0189S04.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0189.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **52–14** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Ray, Paul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-11** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-19** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-22** circled
- **2021-03-02** uncircled
- **2021-03-02** substituted from # 1 to # 4
- **2021-03-02** circled
- **2021-03-02** uncircled
- **2021-03-02** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-02** to House
- **2021-03-02** received from Senate
- **2021-03-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** 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/ac0b98c4-ec8e-4cf9-a5c7-289da6b1c7cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).