---
type: "Bill"
title: "Division of Licensing and Background Checks Amendments"
description: "Division of Licensing and Background Checks Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 472"
citation: "Utah HB 472 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Health and Human Services", "Health and Human Services", "Office of Licensing and Background Checks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Loubet, Anthony E."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-03T21:59:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:26:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce93ccdf-c284-4373-8539-f4c7f5f05246"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0472.html"
source_hash: "655c9ebd249c9c1f0b1e1cf74ca7f29ff9d2a71c9edd322b36f0763a7c16610d"
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 472 (2026) — Division of Licensing and Background Checks 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/HB0472.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0472 To HB0472S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0472S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0472.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Loubet, Anthony E. — primary (person)
- Owens, Derrin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03T21:59:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-03T21:59:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-03T21:59:01+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0472
- **2026-02-03T21:59:01+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0472
- **2026-02-03T22:38:12+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-04T18:16:55+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-06T10:37:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0472
- **2026-02-06T10:37:56+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0472
- **2026-02-06T15:06:52+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-11T19:32:14+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T21:49:43+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0472S01
- **2026-02-12T21:49:43+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0472S01
- **2026-02-12T22:15:41+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-12T22:16:24+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T17:21:57+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-13T17:21:58+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-16T21:56:10+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0472S01
- **2026-02-17T18:36:48+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0472S01
- **2026-02-23T18:01:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T18:03:47+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T18:03:49+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-23T19:22:32+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T21:41:37+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T21:16:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27T16:12:39+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T16:13:40+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee]
- **2026-02-27T21:26:11+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Business and Labor Committee]
- **2026-02-27T21:26:12+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T16:44:14+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04T16:46:26+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-04T16:46:27+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-04T16:46:28+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-04T19:24:37+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T19:24:38+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:20:24+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T17:20:25+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-07T05:00:15+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-07T05:00:18+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:57:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:57:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:26:00+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/ce93ccdf-c284-4373-8539-f4c7f5f05246`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).