---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection Modifications"
description: "Consumer Protection Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Utah SB 38 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-22T17:54:26+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:57:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ae9b4a9-6864-47a2-99f1-9749284f4f4b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0038.html"
source_hash: "361af10fe40434a1736095a292b9cf3d36ff17a159e7c345d620851b610995f0"
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 38 (2026) — Consumer Protection Modifications

## 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/SB0038.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0038 To SB0038S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0038S01 To SB0038S02.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0038.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0038S01.Hamd.2.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0038S01.xml)
7. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0038S02.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0038.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **46–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd — primary (person)
- Matthews, Ashlee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-22T17:54:26+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-22T17:54:26+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-22T17:54:27+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0038
- **2025-12-22T17:54:27+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0038
- **2026-01-07T17:05:22+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-13T19:58:11+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0038
- **2026-01-13T19:58:13+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0038
- **2026-01-13T23:03:31+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T22:09:44+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-21T18:38:58+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-21T18:42:54+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-21T18:42:55+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-01-21T20:21:35+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-22T18:11:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-10T19:10:41+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T20:58:19+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0038S01
- **2026-02-12T20:58:19+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0038S01
- **2026-02-12T23:21:28+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]
- **2026-02-12T23:23:03+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T17:16:27+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]
- **2026-02-13T17:16:29+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-02-13T17:41:58+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0038S01
- **2026-02-13T17:41:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0038S01
- **2026-02-15T05:04:25+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0038S02
- **2026-02-15T05:04:25+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0038S02
- **2026-02-17T15:41:30+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0038S02
- **2026-02-17T15:41:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0038S02
- **2026-02-24T18:52:13+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-24T18:52:15+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-26T18:21:20+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T18:22:08+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-26T18:25:13+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-26T18:25:15+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-26T21:22:30+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T21:22:31+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-02-27T17:29:49+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-27T17:29:50+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-27T18:39:45+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T18:39:46+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-27T18:39:47+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-27T21:20:37+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T21:20:38+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-03T15:59:17+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-03T15:59:24+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-05T17:56:59+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05T17:57:21+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T14:55:48+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T14:55:50+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:57:00+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/9ae9b4a9-6864-47a2-99f1-9749284f4f4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).