---
type: "Bill"
title: "Programmable Money Amendments"
description: "Programmable Money Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Utah SB 298 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Commerce and Trade"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-16T20:21:31+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:29:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce65a97e-616d-46b4-afba-7915948c8e01"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0298.html"
source_hash: "700985f184e6569dea0d7674bbb60258b4d35af909b358c67db545090eb6546f"
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 298 (2026) — Programmable Money 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/SB0298.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0298 To SB0298S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0298S01 To SB0298S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0298S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0298S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0298.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **48–11** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **20–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- Kyle, Jason B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16T20:21:31+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-16T20:21:31+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-16T20:21:33+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0298
- **2026-02-16T20:21:33+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0298
- **2026-02-17T15:56:45+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T17:41:20+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-18T21:28:14+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T05:41:50+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0298
- **2026-02-19T15:55:13+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0298
- **2026-02-19T16:46:15+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T22:39:44+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0298S01
- **2026-02-19T22:39:44+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0298S01
- **2026-02-20T00:01:13+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee]
- **2026-02-20T00:06:57+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T17:19:10+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Business and Labor Committee]
- **2026-02-20T17:19:11+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-20T17:57:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0298S01
- **2026-02-23T19:06:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0298S01
- **2026-02-26T01:06:42+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0298S02
- **2026-02-26T01:06:42+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0298S02
- **2026-02-26T22:51:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0298S02
- **2026-02-27T01:19:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-27T01:19:15+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-27T01:31:44+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-27T01:34:15+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-27T01:35:55+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27T19:30:41+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0298S02
- **2026-02-27T21:31:32+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27T21:34:19+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-27T21:34:20+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-27T23:25:59+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-02T17:19:05+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-02T19:11:14+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T22:39:03+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T02:25:19+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T02:25:20+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T02:57:36+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-06T01:41:39+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T22:43:36+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T22:45:33+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T22:45:34+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-06T22:45:35+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T04:01:53+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T04:01:54+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T16:15:20+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T16:15:22+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T21:34:09+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T21:34:14+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T17:11:51+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T17:11:53+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:29:06+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/ce65a97e-616d-46b4-afba-7915948c8e01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).