---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Entity Amendments"
description: "Business Entity Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Utah SB 40 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Corporations", "Recodification"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 9
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-22T19:07:04+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:55:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adcf4941-c0fd-4477-9fd2-c21732e74c5f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0040.html"
source_hash: "d6e5519bbc94a78c24f55712242c29f21b518b78bdfa65943eb8fc8777a74899"
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 40 (2026) — Business Entity 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/SB0040.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0040 To SB0040S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0040S01 To SB0040S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0040S02 To SB0040S03.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0040S03.Hamd.1.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0040S01.xml)
7. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0040S02.xml)
8. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0040S03.xml)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0040.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Shallenberger, David — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-22T19:07:04+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-22T19:07:04+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-22T19:07:08+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0040
- **2025-12-22T19:07:08+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0040
- **2026-01-06T21:21:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0040
- **2026-01-06T21:21:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0040
- **2026-01-07T17:05:22+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-12T17:02:24+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T17:55:41+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T17:55:43+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-20T18:21:12+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0040S01
- **2026-01-20T18:21:12+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0040S01
- **2026-01-20T22:54:58+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-20T22:58:03+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-01-20T23:17:11+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0040S02
- **2026-01-20T23:17:11+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0040S02
- **2026-01-20T23:26:32+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-01-20T23:27:25+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-01-20T23:28:54+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-20T23:28:55+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-01-21T17:59:37+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T18:12:48+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T04:44:28+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0040S03
- **2026-01-22T04:44:28+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0040S03
- **2026-01-22T21:09:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0040S01
- **2026-01-22T21:09:58+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0040S01
- **2026-01-22T21:14:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0040S02
- **2026-01-22T21:14:10+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0040S02
- **2026-01-24T21:25:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0040S03
- **2026-01-24T21:25:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0040S03
- **2026-02-02T19:10:33+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T00:10:54+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]
- **2026-02-05T00:11:18+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05T18:12:41+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]
- **2026-02-05T18:12:42+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-11T18:17:39+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-11T18:18:12+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-12T17:29:12+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-12T17:30:07+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-12T17:30:09+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-17T17:24:12+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T17:24:13+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-02-18T17:32:01+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-18T18:45:45+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-18T18:47:39+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-18T18:47:40+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-18T19:12:19+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T19:12:20+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-18T19:12:21+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-19T17:18:11+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T17:18:12+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-20T16:52:29+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-20T16:52:36+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-02T23:23:02+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02T23:23:41+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`
- **2026-03-17T15:55:00+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/adcf4941-c0fd-4477-9fd2-c21732e74c5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).