---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 116 Polling Location Amendments"
description: "S.B. 116 Polling Location Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 116"
citation: "Utah S.B. 116 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5537ea04-388a-47c5-94e1-0effb94137d1"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0116.html"
source_hash: "47f7f98e8790d7fdc1f7fa3e4ad82e058af4aa31b7f0c645ce855d2343761495"
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 S.B. 116 (2017) — S.B. 116 Polling Location Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillint/SB0116S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0116S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0116.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–1** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Noel, Michael E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-25** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-26** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** circled
- **2017-02-21** uncircled
- **2017-02-21** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-21** to House
- **2017-02-21** received from Senate
- **2017-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** circled
- **2017-03-01** uncircled
- **2017-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-01** to Senate
- **2017-03-01** received from House
- **2017-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** 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/5537ea04-388a-47c5-94e1-0effb94137d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).