---
type: "Bill"
title: "Refugee Services Amendments"
description: "Refugee Services Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "Utah SB 31 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Workforce Services", "Refugees", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Winterton, Ronald M."]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-20T00:06:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T15:26:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aef5b03-1b6c-4deb-8263-a6f03ec8bc69"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0031.html"
source_hash: "1707e06a73b0ab959e80c629ff26d8b6f4ab8c9e67c58a531a0e6b0106b1e555"
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 31 (2025) — Refugee Services 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/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0031.xml)
2. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP SB0031 To SB0031S01.pdf)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB031H10.pdf)
4. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB031H10.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0031.Samd.1.pdf)
6. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0031.Samd.2.pdf)
7. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB031S10.pdf)
8. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB031S10.pdf)
9. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0031S01.xml)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0031.xml)

## Sponsors

- Winterton, Ronald M. — primary (person)
- Dunnigan, James A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-20T00:06:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-12-20T00:06:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-02T17:02:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T15:18:00+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T18:14:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-21T18:40:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24T22:07:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-01-24T22:08:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27T18:16:00+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted
- **2025-01-27T18:16:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-02-04T18:46:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-04T18:50:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05T18:25:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-05T18:26:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-05T18:26:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-02-05T19:43:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-02-05T21:12:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-07T19:00:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T23:34:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T17:13:00+00:00** House/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T17:13:00+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2025-03-05T01:56:00+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T01:56:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-03-05T02:59:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-03-05T03:02:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-03-05T03:02:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-05T03:02:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-05T16:41:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-05T16:41:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-05T19:02:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2025-03-05T19:02:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-13T16:25:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-13T16:25:00+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-17T14:48:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-17T14:48:00+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T15:26:00+00:00** 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/7aef5b03-1b6c-4deb-8263-a6f03ec8bc69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).