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Committee adopts SB149 second substitute to move private-investigator and bail-bond licensing to DOPL

Utah Legislature — Business and Labor Committee · February 26, 2026

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Summary

Senators and witnesses described SB149 as a structural bill moving private-investigator and bail-bond licensing from BCI/DPS into the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL); the committee adopted the second substitute and recommended the bill favorably after agency and industry testimony.

Senator Wyler and the sponsor team said SB149 began as a cleanup bill and expanded while coordinating with related legislation; the second substitute moves the Private Investigators Licensing Act and related bail-bonds licensing from the Bureau of Criminal Identification/Department of Public Safety (BCI/DPS)…

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