---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act Amendments"
description: "Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 40"
citation: "Utah HB 40 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Construction", "Labor and Employment", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Thomas W."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-19T03:35:57+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:25:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/218a22bc-bf3a-4ad4-9b17-3d216fd02031"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0040.html"
source_hash: "589f8fd19197adf3fed48afa6bb2b7afc03fa7d2bf38c017ccce5e310aaef15d"
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 40 (2026) — Utah Construction Trades Licensing 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0040.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0040 To HB0040S01.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0040.Hamd.1.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0040S01.xml)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0040.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Thomas W. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-19T03:35:57+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-19T03:35:57+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-19T03:36:00+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0040
- **2025-12-19T03:36:00+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0040
- **2025-12-29T16:59:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0040
- **2025-12-29T16:59:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0040
- **2026-01-14T20:40:24+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T21:19:49+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T17:43:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:24:46+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T21:22:21+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-23T18:08:27+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-23T18:08:28+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-27T18:26:48+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0040S01
- **2026-01-27T18:26:48+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0040S01
- **2026-01-27T18:36:13+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-27T18:38:17+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-01-27T18:55:15+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-01-27T18:56:01+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-01-27T18:57:52+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-01-28T15:29:54+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0040S01
- **2026-01-28T15:29:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0040S01
- **2026-01-30T18:55:11+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-01-30T19:00:38+00:00** House/ floor amendment failed `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2026-01-30T19:02:18+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-30T19:02:20+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-01-30T19:43:16+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-02T18:14:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-03T21:21:04+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T23:37:03+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T18:27:12+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T18:27:13+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-11T18:41:51+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-11T18:44:41+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12T18:10:30+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-12T18:12:35+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-12T18:12:36+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-12T18:12:37+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-17T16:57:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T16:57:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-17T20:47:44+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-17T20:47:50+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-05T16:10:31+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05T16:10:40+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T16:47:06+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T16:47:08+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:25:00+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/218a22bc-bf3a-4ad4-9b17-3d216fd02031`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).