---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 78 Motor Vehicle Repair Amendments"
description: "S.B. 78 Motor Vehicle Repair Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Utah SB 78 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Autonomous Vehicles", "Business", "Commerce and Trade", "Consumer Protection", "Motor Vehicles", "Repair and Maintenance Services", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa26399c-69ee-4338-8458-6c0722dff6b1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0078.html"
source_hash: "6dd6cb22c252003451d20f9896d2e36bae587702539dee47832611b0c6a19916"
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 78 (2021) — S.B. 78 Motor Vehicle Repair 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/SB0078S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0078.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- Ferry, Joel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-11** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-03** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-02-08** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** circled
- **2021-02-09** uncircled
- **2021-02-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-09** to House
- **2021-02-09** received from Senate
- **2021-02-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-18** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-18** to Senate
- **2021-02-18** received from House
- **2021-02-18** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** 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/aa26399c-69ee-4338-8458-6c0722dff6b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).