---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Government Base Budget"
description: "General Government Base Budget"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Utah SB 5 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Public Budgeting", "Public Funds and Accounts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16T18:21:41+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-01T06:27:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6a8ccf6-524f-49a0-ac43-820faaa36a2c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0005.html"
source_hash: "78cd757bd523c3ad84313657848b50590da6da5db37ffe25cd04f4754a946f6e"
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 5 (2026) — General Government Base Budget

## 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/SB0005.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0005.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Thurston, Norman K — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16T18:21:41+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-16T18:21:41+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-16T18:21:44+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0005
- **2026-01-16T18:21:44+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0005
- **2026-01-19T15:28:19+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-19T22:58:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0005
- **2026-01-20T16:18:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0005
- **2026-01-20T18:28:51+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T23:45:35+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-27T18:18:22+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-28T18:34:20+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-28T18:36:57+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-28T18:36:58+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-01-28T18:51:38+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T18:56:05+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-28T18:57:36+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-28T18:57:37+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-29T18:27:52+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-29T18:30:58+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-29T18:30:59+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-01-29T18:31:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-01-29T19:15:14+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-01-29T19:15:15+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-01-29T23:54:21+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-01-29T23:54:23+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-01-31T00:01:08+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-01-31T00:01:11+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-01-31T00:11:17+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-01-31T00:11:19+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-01T06:27:22+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/f6a8ccf6-524f-49a0-ac43-820faaa36a2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).