---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 16 Licensing Amendments"
description: "S.B. 16 Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Utah SB 16 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking", "Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Business", "Department of Commerce", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Labor and Employment", "Legislative Operations", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Sunsets and Repealers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-12-13"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18a9726f-f7f2-4fc6-ba38-4d541f844aeb"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0016.html"
source_hash: "5467a9c35640c7cc6dabb57145da7e3294e9d66c370451375ca85e957d721e84"
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 16 (2022) — S.B. 16 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/~2022/bills/sbillint/SB0016S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **67–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-01-24** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-25** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** circled
- **2022-02-01** uncircled
- **2022-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-02** to House
- **2022-02-02** received from Senate
- **2022-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2022-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-14** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-14** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2022-02-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-02** to Senate
- **2022-03-02** received from House
- **2022-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-03** concurs with House amendment
- **2022-03-03** to House
- **2022-03-03** received from Senate
- **2022-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-03-03** to Senate
- **2022-03-03** received from House
- **2022-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/18a9726f-f7f2-4fc6-ba38-4d541f844aeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).