---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Workforce Services Amendments"
description: "Department of Workforce Services Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 159"
citation: "Utah S.B. 159 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Permanent Community Impact Fund", "Child \\\\ Day Care", "Department of Workforce Services", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b38067b0-af06-4e94-aeaa-470a5c3e1eb8"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0159.html"
source_hash: "0af86a046c00801750df367c209946621723bf15a3aed281b5596d26c47c41c3"
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 S.B. 159 (2019) — Department of Workforce Services Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0159.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0159.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd — primary (person)
- Winder, Mike — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-12** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-12** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-15** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-20** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-02-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2019-02-20** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2019-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-25** to House
- **2019-02-25** received from Senate
- **2019-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2019-02-28** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-03-04** to Senate
- **2019-03-04** received from House
- **2019-03-04** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-07** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-03-07** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** 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/b38067b0-af06-4e94-aeaa-470a5c3e1eb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).