---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pest Control Amendments"
description: "Pest Control Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "Utah SB 26 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking", "Agriculture", "Business Licensing", "Environment", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-05T22:24:19+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-26T19:43:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c5c7e6b-fbf9-44fe-a5af-0897e8ac58b0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0026.html"
source_hash: "9dcde704cffdabc1297e6a6d83c54bb0d43e612037645c71b33d2fb40a856e0c"
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 26 (2026) — Pest Control 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/SB0026.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0026.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **48–22** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- Albrecht, Carl R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-05T22:24:19+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-05T22:24:19+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-05T22:24:23+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0026
- **2025-12-05T22:24:23+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0026
- **2026-01-07T17:04:06+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-12T19:16:53+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0026
- **2026-01-16T11:27:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0026
- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:08:30+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:09:44+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-20T23:00:37+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0026
- **2026-01-20T23:36:33+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-20T23:39:57+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-20T23:39:58+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-01-21T17:08:51+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T18:12:48+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-27T19:03:47+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T21:59:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:16:47+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:16:48+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-04T18:44:21+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-04T18:49:27+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-04T18:49:28+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-04T18:49:29+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-04T21:16:16+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-04T21:16:17+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-06T16:37:10+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-06T16:37:12+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-02T20:49:28+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02T20:49:33+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`
- **2026-03-26T19:43:25+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/6c5c7e6b-fbf9-44fe-a5af-0897e8ac58b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).