---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments"
description: "Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Utah SB 117 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Labor and Employment", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandall, Scott D."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-09T21:53:29+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:40:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d06b2ad2-dc12-460c-882b-45ebad85bfb4"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0117.html"
source_hash: "6c84eafd51ddb8c6601de33ee843bdbf03a1bf6079a292a891e844cae2035ca3"
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 117 (2026) — Occupational and Professional Licensing 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/SB0117.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0117 To SB0117S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0117S01 To SB0117S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0117S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0117S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0117.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sandall, Scott D. — primary (person)
- Maloy, A. Cory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09T21:53:29+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-09T21:53:29+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-09T21:53:32+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0117
- **2026-01-09T21:53:32+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0117
- **2026-01-13T22:57:22+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T11:06:21+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0117
- **2026-01-17T11:06:23+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0117
- **2026-01-19T21:59:01+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T18:07:25+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T22:08:33+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T19:05:39+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0117S01
- **2026-01-21T19:05:39+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0117S01
- **2026-01-21T21:15:10+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee]
- **2026-01-22T00:02:55+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22T15:27:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0117S01
- **2026-01-22T15:27:11+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0117S01
- **2026-01-22T18:12:03+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Business and Labor Committee]
- **2026-01-22T18:12:04+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-22T18:33:09+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-22T18:35:37+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-22T19:22:09+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0117S02
- **2026-01-22T19:22:09+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0117S02
- **2026-01-23T14:56:51+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0117S02
- **2026-01-23T14:56:52+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0117S02
- **2026-01-23T18:26:58+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-23T18:27:28+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-01-23T18:29:14+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-23T18:29:15+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-01-26T14:37:29+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T18:11:02+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-03T19:22:55+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T22:56:31+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05T18:12:42+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05T18:12:43+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-11T18:29:03+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-11T18:31:32+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-11T18:31:33+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-11T18:31:34+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-12T17:32:24+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-12T17:32:25+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-13T16:24:58+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-13T16:25:05+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-02T17:39:25+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02T17:39:37+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T22:36:12+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T22:36:14+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:40:00+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/d06b2ad2-dc12-460c-882b-45ebad85bfb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).