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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Expression Protection Act"
+description: "Public Expression Protection Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 18"
+citation: "Utah SB 18 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business", "Civil Litigation", "Civil Procedure", "Court Rules", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Judicial Operations", "Judicial Review of Administrative Rules", "Labor and Employment", "State Officers and Employees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2022-12-19"
+last_action: "2023-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7968b9d9-25ee-4684-a92e-c76167d6f917"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0018.html"
+source_hash: "7fb7de5b8216aeec7a9d42e660b7d7b28eb42f43a917fc4df2b2ed07a0ebbbd5"
+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 18 (2023) — Public Expression Protection Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillint/SB0018.pdf)
+2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0018.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0018.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
+- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
+- Maloy, A. Cory — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2022-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2022-12-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
+- **2022-12-19** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
+- **2022-12-19** fiscal note publicly available
+- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2023-01-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-01-17** to Senate Business and Labor Committee
+- **2023-01-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-01-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-01-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2023-01-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2023-01-24** to House
+- **2023-01-25** received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-01-26** to House Business and Labor Committee
+- **2023-01-27** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-01-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-01-27** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
+- **2023-01-30** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2023-02-01** to Senate
+- **2023-02-01** received from House `receipt`
+- **2023-02-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
+- **2023-02-02** circled
+- **2023-02-02** uncircled
+- **2023-02-02** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-02** to House
+- **2023-02-02** received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-02-02** received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-02-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
+- **2023-02-02** to Senate
+- **2023-02-03** received from House `receipt`
+- **2023-02-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2023-02-14** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
+- **2023-02-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-23** 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/7968b9d9-25ee-4684-a92e-c76167d6f917`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+