---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relocation Assistance Amendments"
description: "Relocation Assistance Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Utah SB 144 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Department of Transportation", "Eminent Domain", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Labor and Employment", "Real Property", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Balderree, Heidi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15T18:58:16+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:33:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/481a6602-8179-4ab3-b212-c55f11db68f1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0144.html"
source_hash: "c6d29de32e32a303ef0f80186087d89bee15488d2732a4dcf1da9aca392a7187"
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 144 (2026) — Relocation Assistance 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/SB0144.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0144.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Balderree, Heidi — primary (person)
- Auxier, Tiara — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15T18:58:16+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-15T18:58:16+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-15T18:58:20+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0144
- **2026-01-15T18:58:20+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0144
- **2026-01-16T16:16:51+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-19T22:53:21+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0144
- **2026-01-20T18:07:25+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-21T17:18:40+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0144
- **2026-01-21T17:46:13+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T19:08:38+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23T22:38:14+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26T18:20:40+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26T18:20:41+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-06T21:50:17+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-06T21:53:41+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09T18:18:01+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-09T18:20:20+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-09T18:20:21+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-09T19:42:41+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T21:12:03+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-11T19:33:11+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Transportation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T16:49:29+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:24:48+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Transportation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:24:49+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T17:59:55+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T18:02:42+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T18:02:43+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-19T18:02:44+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-19T21:29:30+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T21:29:31+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-22T20:55:53+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-22T20:55:57+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-26T17:52:26+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26T17:52:30+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`
- **2026-03-17T15:33:00+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/481a6602-8179-4ab3-b212-c55f11db68f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).