republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2018/s-b-143.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	S.B. 143 Employment Background Checks	S.B. 143 Employment Background Checks	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2018	S.B. 143	Utah S.B. 143 (2018)	bill	Labor Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice	enacted	Harper, Wayne A.	3	41	6	2018-02-02	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/49f6e680-387d-41e7-b6b4-6ce6112cd4fe	http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0143.html	3bd5d559c90e813934cadd75291c0b2d72ac697f7ca3374f3f80d756018ddc0a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ut

Utah S.B. 143 (2018) — S.B. 143 Employment Background Checks

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amended (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• passed 3rd reading — 67–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• passed 3rd reading — 27–0 (pass) · legislature
• passed 2nd reading — 25–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
• Hutchings, Eric K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-02 Bill Numbered but not Distributed
• 2018-02-02 Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
• 2018-02-05 received bill from Legislative Research
• 2018-02-05 1st reading (Introduced) introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-05 to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-06 Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
• 2018-02-06 Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-07 comm rpt/substituted
• 2018-02-07 placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2018-02-08 fiscal note sent to sponsor
• 2018-02-09 fiscal note publicly available
• 2018-02-20 2nd reading reading-2
• 2018-02-20 floor amendment # 1
• 2018-02-20 passed 2nd reading reading-2
• 2018-02-21 3rd reading reading-3
• 2018-02-21 passed 3rd reading passage
• 2018-02-21 to House
• 2018-02-21 received from Senate
• 2018-02-21 1st reading (Introduced) introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-22 to House Government Operations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-26 House Comm - Favorable Recommendation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-26 committee report favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-26 return to Rules due to fiscal impact
• 2018-02-28 Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
• 2018-02-28 2nd suspended
• 2018-02-28 2nd reading reading-2
• 2018-03-01 3rd reading reading-3
• 2018-03-01 circled
• 2018-03-06 uncircled
• 2018-03-06 passed 3rd reading passage
• 2018-03-06 signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
• 2018-03-06 to Senate
• 2018-03-06 received from House
• 2018-03-06 signed by President/sent for enrolling
• 2018-03-08 Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
• 2018-03-08 Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
• 2018-03-16 Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
• 2018-03-16 enrolled bill to Printing
• 2018-03-16 received enrolled bill from Printing
• 2018-03-16 to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-03-22 Governor Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49f6e680-387d-41e7-b6b4-6ce6112cd4fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).