republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2024/sb-168.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 168 Affordable Building Amendments"
description: "S.B. 168 Affordable Building Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "Utah SB 168 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Construction and Fire Codes", "Counties", "County and Municipal Finance", "Department of Government Operations", "Education", "Environment", "Facilities", "Construction", "and Management", "Fair Housing", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Housing", "Independent Entities", "K-12 Education", "Land Use", "Limited Purpose Local Government Entities", "Municipalities", "Open and Public Meetings", "Planning and Zoning", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Property Tax", "Real Estate", "Real Property", "Revenue and Taxation", "School Districts", "State Board of Education", "State Tax Commission", "Tax Increment Financing", "Utah Geospatial Resource Center", "Utah Housing Corporation", "Water", "Water Conservation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebb16d6b-7fb3-4786-8ad6-38a4d125ce08"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0168.html"
source_hash: "8d3815dac90a467e9fb0011662ed991b2740dd88e848337ec2aeb3272eebec78"
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 168 (2024) — S.B. 168 Affordable Building 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/~2024/bills/sbillint/SB0168S04.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0168S04.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0168.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **19–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- Whyte, Stephen L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-30** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-30** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- **2024-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-02-07** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-02-12** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** circled
- **2024-02-14** uncircled
- **2024-02-14** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-14** circled
- **2024-02-15** uncircled
- **2024-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-15** to House
- **2024-02-15** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** to House Government Operations Committee
- **2024-02-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2024-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-23** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2024-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-28** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** substituted from # 3 to # 4 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-29** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** to House
- **2024-02-29** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** 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/ebb16d6b-7fb3-4786-8ad6-38a4d125ce08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).