---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 138 Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act Amendments"
description: "H.B. 138 Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 138"
citation: "Utah HB 138 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislative Operations", "Lobbying"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a11d3bf4-9146-454d-a5ac-cc464f4f5845"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0138.html"
source_hash: "dc248e1e04a3f35c50390d53a61c0241d8f22f6b3f3189f9d20205bfcaacc0f8"
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 HB 138 (2024) — H.B. 138 Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0138S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0138.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
- McCay, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** to House Government Operations Committee
- **2024-01-19** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-26** to Senate
- **2024-01-26** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** to Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
- **2024-02-12** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2024-02-12** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-13** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** circled
- **2024-02-22** uncircled
- **2024-02-22** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** circled
- **2024-02-27** uncircled
- **2024-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-27** to House with amendments
- **2024-02-27** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-27** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-28** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-28** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to House
- **2024-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-08** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-08** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** 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/a11d3bf4-9146-454d-a5ac-cc464f4f5845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).