---
type: "Bill"
title: "Digital Evidence Amendments"
description: "Digital Evidence Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "Utah SB 19 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Department of Public Safety", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Municipalities", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Public Safety", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-05T00:28:36+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T13:22:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c125bf5-18b4-4a28-b1bf-621777389894"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0019.html"
source_hash: "48ce4f65bf1cd0c6c513eac052e548bf3aa7665233abe7acef4560c408cf6561"
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 19 (2026) — Digital Evidence 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/SB0019.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0019 To SB0019S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0019S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0019.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd — primary (person)
- Wilcox, Ryan D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-05T00:28:36+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-05T00:28:36+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-05T00:28:40+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0019
- **2025-12-05T00:28:40+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0019
- **2026-01-07T17:03:32+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-19T20:40:32+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0019
- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-21T17:20:13+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0019
- **2026-01-21T18:20:20+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-21T18:24:58+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T18:52:12+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-21T18:57:18+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-22T18:13:05+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-22T18:13:34+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-01-29T21:48:57+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0019S01
- **2026-01-29T21:48:57+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0019S01
- **2026-02-02T18:59:26+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-02T19:00:02+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-02T19:00:11+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-03T23:21:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0019S01
- **2026-02-04T18:38:22+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-04T18:44:22+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-04T18:44:23+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-04T19:37:06+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-04T21:13:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-04T22:16:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0019S01
- **2026-02-11T19:32:38+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T15:41:19+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:22:44+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:22:45+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T17:52:10+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T17:55:35+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:55:36+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:55:37+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`
- **2026-02-23T18:41:14+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-23T18:41:18+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-25T14:39:08+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25T14:39:12+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T21:26:02+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T21:26:04+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T13:22:00+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/0c125bf5-18b4-4a28-b1bf-621777389894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).