SB0033 • 2026

Office of Professional Licensure Review Sunrise Amendments

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Sen. Vickers, Evan J.
Last action: 2026-03-07
Official status: Governor Signed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Office of Professional Licensure Review Sunrise Amendments

This bill repeals provisions relating to the Office of Professional Licensure Review.

What This Bill Does

This bill repeals provisions relating to the Office of Professional Licensure Review.

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Bill History

2026-03-07 Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
Governor Signed
2026-03-03 Senate Secretary
Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
2026-03-03 Executive Branch - Governor
Senate/ to Governor
2026-02-23 Senate Secretary
Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2026-02-23 Senate Secretary
Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
2026-02-06 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
2026-02-06 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2026-02-04 House Consent Calendar
House/ 3rd reading
2026-02-04 House Consent Calendar
House/ circled
2026-02-04 House Speaker
House/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-04 Senate President
House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
2026-02-04 Senate President
House/ to Senate
2026-02-04 House Consent Calendar
House/ uncircled
2026-02-04 Senate President
Senate/ received from House
2026-02-04 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
2026-02-02 House Consent Calendar
House/ 2nd reading
2026-02-02 House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee
House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar
2026-01-30 House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee
House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
2026-01-30 House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-01-28 House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee
House/ to standing committee
2026-01-21 House Rules Committee
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-01-21 Clerk of the House
House/ received from Senate
2026-01-20 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-01-20 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2026-01-20 Clerk of the House
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2026-01-20 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
2026-01-20 Clerk of the House
Senate/ to House
2026-01-13 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0033
2026-01-13 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
2026-01-07 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research
2025-12-29 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0033
2025-12-18 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Bill Numbered but not Distributed
2025-12-18 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0033
2025-12-18 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0033
2025-12-18 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill repeals provisions relating to the Office of Professional Licensure Review.

Current Bill Text

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13-1b-301
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Office of Professional Licensure Review Sunrise Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers
House Sponsor: Melissa G. Ballard
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill repeals provisions relating to the Office of Professional Licensure Review.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
repeals the requirement that before a legislator introduces legislation to make an
occupation a regulated occupation, an individual making a request that an occupation
become a regulated occupation submit an application for sunrise review to the Office of
Professional Licensure Review; and
makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
13-1b-301
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 413
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
13-1b-301
is amended to read:
13-1b-301
. Application for sunrise review -- Fees.
(1)
If a government requestor or a representative of an occupation that is not a regulated
occupation proposes that the state make the occupation a regulated occupation, the
government requestor or representative shall, before the introduction of any proposed
legislation, submit to the office an application for sunrise review in a form the office
prescribes.
(2)
(1)
The application described in Subsection
(1)

An application for sunrise review
shall describe:
(a)
why making the occupation a regulated occupation is necessary to protect against
present, recognizable, and significant harm to the health, safety, or financial welfare
of the public; and
(b)
the least restrictive regulation of the occupation that would protect against present,
recognizable, and significant harm to the health, safety, or financial welfare of the
public.
(3)
(2)
If a representative of an occupation submits an application in accordance with this
section, the application shall include a nonrefundable fee of $500.
(4)
(3)
All application fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the General
Fund.
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
May 6, 2026
.
2-6-26 9:01 AM