---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protection and Advocacy Agency Reporting"
description: "Protection and Advocacy Agency Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "Utah SB 154 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Health and Human Services", "Legislative Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 62
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-19T19:36:18+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T15:47:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef31bdc-97e4-492e-ab48-36dfeaaa53cc"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0154.html"
source_hash: "a9f8bcd76c5c14d71e7297e6e970658a8317475bc01779f501655e9be5c77f56"
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 154 (2026) — Protection and Advocacy Agency Reporting

## 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/SB0154.xml)
2. **Amended 2/24/2026 11:02:229** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0154S02_2026-02-24_11-48-35.pdf)
3. **Amended 3/2/2026 14:03:418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0154S02_2026-03-02_14-29-49.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 2/24/2026 11:02:229** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0154S02_2026-02-24_11-48-35.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 3/2/2026 14:03:418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0154S02_2026-03-02_14-29-49.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0154 To SB0154S01.pdf)
7. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0154S01 To SB0154S02.pdf)
8. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0154S02.Hamd.2.pdf)
9. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0154S02.Samd.1.pdf)
10. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0154S01.xml)
11. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0154S02.xml)
12. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0154.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **66–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **26–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd — primary (person)
- Thurston, Norman K — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19T19:36:18+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-19T19:36:18+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-19T19:36:19+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0154
- **2026-01-19T19:36:19+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0154
- **2026-01-19T21:57:50+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T23:45:35+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-21T19:08:38+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T19:35:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0154
- **2026-01-23T16:16:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0154
- **2026-01-23T17:54:42+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-30T20:57:09+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0154S01
- **2026-01-30T20:57:09+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0154S01
- **2026-01-30T21:00:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Not Considered [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-04T11:39:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0154S01
- **2026-02-04T22:16:28+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0154S01
- **2026-02-04T22:40:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Not Considered [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-09T22:47:31+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0154S02
- **2026-02-09T22:47:31+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0154S02
- **2026-02-10T00:01:29+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-10T00:16:47+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T21:34:26+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-10T21:34:27+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-10T23:57:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0154S02
- **2026-02-11T17:32:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0154S02
- **2026-02-23T22:49:17+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-23T22:51:32+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24T17:41:54+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24T17:42:11+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-24T18:12:40+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-24T18:13:52+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-24T18:17:42+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-24T18:18:04+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-24T18:19:34+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-24T18:19:35+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-24T19:12:17+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T21:16:51+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T19:00:02+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-28T00:03:32+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-28T00:07:10+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T21:15:37+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Health and Human Services Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-02T21:15:38+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T02:57:36+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-06T19:25:55+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-07T04:31:19+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-07T04:34:59+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-07T04:35:01+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T05:25:12+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T05:25:13+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-07T06:35:26+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T06:35:27+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T07:28:17+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T07:28:18+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-07T07:28:19+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-10T19:11:30+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-10T19:11:31+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T20:12:59+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T20:13:01+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T20:12:11+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T20:12:13+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T15:58:13+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T15:58:15+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T15:47:00+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/aef31bdc-97e4-492e-ab48-36dfeaaa53cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).