---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office Amendments"
description: "Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "Utah SB 43 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Trust Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Derrin R."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-22T22:44:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:11:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ebaafda-a900-45b9-8ab7-f7847fbe4555"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0043.html"
source_hash: "cd0ea4190a55c30d2465057ca572e614581442b16ce0fb26b08b10135b6e01ec"
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 43 (2026) — Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office 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/SB0043.xml)
2. **Amended 1/20/2026 16:01:293** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0043_2026-01-20_16-13-01.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 1/20/2026 16:01:293** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0043_2026-01-20_16-13-01.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0043.Samd.1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0043.xml)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Owens, Derrin R. — primary (person)
- Burton, Jefferson S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-22T22:44:03+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-22T22:44:03+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-22T22:44:05+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0043
- **2025-12-22T22:44:05+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0043
- **2026-01-07T17:05:52+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-13T20:02:32+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0043
- **2026-01-13T20:02:34+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0043
- **2026-01-13T23:03:31+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
- **2026-01-20T23:00:32+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-20T23:03:24+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-01-20T23:05:34+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-20T23:05:35+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)
- **2026-01-28T19:10:46+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T22:34:25+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03T18:15:56+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03T18:15:57+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-05T18:38:43+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-05T18:44:53+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-05T18:44:54+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-05T18:44:55+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-05T21:13:17+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-05T21:13:18+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-09T15:08:31+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-09T15:08:34+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T17:05:13+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T17:05:18+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T15:05:43+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T15:05:45+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:11:27+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/0ebaafda-a900-45b9-8ab7-f7847fbe4555`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).