---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 156 Investigative Genetic Genealogy Modifications"
description: "S.B. 156 Investigative Genetic Genealogy Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Utah SB 156 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bureau of Criminal Investigation", "Criminal Procedure", "Department of Public Safety", "Electronic Privacy", "Kidnapping", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c151f7e-27fd-49ad-83bc-cea3444c3900"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0156.html"
source_hash: "7ea5ce4f32b47f839a0056ab24826d71bf11d73e7f97eaa638ff48538976fcaf"
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 156 (2023) — S.B. 156 Investigative Genetic Genealogy Modifications

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillint/SB0156S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0156.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **46–24** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd D. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-30** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-31** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-09** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-09** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Senate Comm - Held
- **2023-02-13** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2023-02-13** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** circled
- **2023-02-17** uncircled
- **2023-02-17** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** circled
- **2023-02-21** uncircled
- **2023-02-21** circled
- **2023-02-21** uncircled
- **2023-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-21** to House
- **2023-02-21** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-21** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-23** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** 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/8c151f7e-27fd-49ad-83bc-cea3444c3900`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).