---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 38 Ballot Amendments"
description: "S.B. 38 Ballot Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Utah SB 38 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Officers", "Election Administration", "Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Initiatives", "Lieutenant Governor", "Referenda", "Voting and Voter Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/062eee5d-e5b5-4536-bb10-098bccd265d6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0038.html"
source_hash: "2efe44f2add991ea035cf02d81bf9d198349196524cbe4e7edf27beeaa848b2a"
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 (2022) — S.B. 38 Ballot 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/SB0038S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0038.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Ballard, Melissa G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-01-18** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-01-18** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-01-18** to House
- **2022-01-19** received from Senate
- **2022-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-28** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-01-28** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2022-01-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-01-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** circled
- **2022-02-03** uncircled
- **2022-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-03** to Senate
- **2022-02-03** received from House
- **2022-02-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-02-04** concurs with House amendment
- **2022-02-04** to House
- **2022-02-04** received from Senate
- **2022-02-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-02-04** to Senate
- **2022-02-08** received from House
- **2022-02-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-16** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-02-16** 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`
- **2022-03-23** 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/062eee5d-e5b5-4536-bb10-098bccd265d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).