---
type: "Bill"
title: "K-9 Policy Requirements"
description: "K-9 Policy Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Utah SB 38 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture & Food", "Animals", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Peace Officers", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-21"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f9d3b2-c39c-4d67-a56a-8ad53ea2a9ea"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0038.html"
source_hash: "371aaad71215ccc06c371af11439e6881a12bb458d6f8ab38224e7a11ce0e6c1"
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 38 (2021) — K-9 Policy Requirements

## 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/SB0038.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0038.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Pierucci, Candice B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-12-21** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-12-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-12-21** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-19** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-01-19** to House
- **2021-01-20** received from Senate
- **2021-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-10** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-10** to Senate
- **2021-02-11** received from House
- **2021-02-11** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/02f9d3b2-c39c-4d67-a56a-8ad53ea2a9ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).