---
type: "Bill"
title: "Investment Zones Amendments"
description: "Investment Zones Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "Utah SB 39 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Economic Development", "Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity", "Grant Programs and Incentives", "Housing", "Land Use", "Municipalities", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-22T18:34:50+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:56:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f1a0956-a257-49aa-b3d4-71bd058e73e4"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0039.html"
source_hash: "7a379002d477e7c2850f726aca33ce9b01807df86535813a805b11c28e932e09"
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 39 (2026) — Investment Zones 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/SB0039.xml)
2. **Amended 2/5/2026 15:02:521** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0039_2026-02-05_15-36-10.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/5/2026 15:02:521** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0039_2026-02-05_15-36-10.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0039.Samd.1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0039.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **46–22** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Whyte, Stephen L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-22T18:34:50+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-22T18:34:50+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-22T18:34:51+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0039
- **2025-12-22T18:34:51+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0039
- **2026-01-07T17:05:22+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-13T01:17:39+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0039
- **2026-01-13T01:17:41+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0039
- **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)
- **2026-01-20T22:08:33+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23T21:19:32+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26T18:20:40+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26T18:20:41+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-05T22:25:21+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-05T22:26:09+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-05T22:30:43+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06T21:44:42+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-06T21:46:35+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-06T21:46:36+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-06T22:52:46+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T18:14:11+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-13T18:56:57+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T16:05:42+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:16:40+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:16:41+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T18:09:52+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T18:13:53+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T18:13:54+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-19T18:13:55+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-19T21:29:30+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T21:29:31+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-23T16:11:42+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-23T16:11:46+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-05T13:59:57+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05T14:00:15+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`
- **2026-03-17T15:56:00+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/9f1a0956-a257-49aa-b3d4-71bd058e73e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).