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+type: "Bill"
+title: "County Forms of Government Amendments"
+description: "County Forms of Government Amendments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 15"
+citation: "Utah SB 15 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Form of Local Government", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Winterton, Ronald M."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-12-04T22:02:40+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-17T15:59:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16101df6-7d15-4226-8531-904ebf14b730"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0015.html"
+source_hash: "64ee6e259db8a54ac36a67181b2a697b55fabbbb04226859b81083005e4d5e70"
+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 15 (2026) — County Forms of Government 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0015.xml)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0015.xml)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- House/ passed 3rd reading — **51–20** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Winterton, Ronald M. — primary (person)
+- Kohler, Mike L. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-04T22:02:40+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2025-12-04T22:02:40+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2025-12-04T22:02:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0015
+- **2025-12-04T22:02:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0015
+- **2026-01-07T17:03:07+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2026-01-12T16:44:51+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0015
+- **2026-01-14T15:54:35+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0015
+- **2026-01-15T17:35:14+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2026-01-20T17:55:41+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-01-20T17:55:43+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2026-01-20T22:17:13+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
+- **2026-01-20T22:19:08+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
+- **2026-01-20T22:19:09+00:00** Senate/ to House
+- **2026-01-21T17:08:51+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2026-01-21T18:12:48+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-01-26T19:16:10+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29T21:51:51+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-30T18:47:39+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-30T18:47:40+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-05T18:26:56+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-05T18:29:55+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-05T18:29:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
+- **2026-02-05T18:29:57+00:00** House/ to Senate
+- **2026-02-05T21:13:17+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
+- **2026-02-05T21:13:18+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2026-02-09T16:00:20+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
+- **2026-02-09T16:00:21+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2026-03-04T17:07:01+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-04T17:07:07+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2026-03-11T16:58:18+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2026-03-11T16:58:20+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-17T15:59:00+00:00** 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/16101df6-7d15-4226-8531-904ebf14b730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+