---
type: "Bill"
title: "Government Transparency Revisions"
description: "Government Transparency Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 195"
citation: "Utah S.B. 195 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Records", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henderson, Deidre M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dc3bf86-42e9-4315-8b14-9ae4787f7724"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0195.html"
source_hash: "b540a0684ca7700b527e6ea97044444ee8930d90b6177606c59b54647e1b654f"
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. 195 (2017) — Government Transparency Revisions

## 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/SB0195.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0195.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Henderson, Deidre M. — primary (person)
- Knotwell, John — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-08** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-08** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-14** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-16** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-22** to House
- **2017-02-22** received from Senate
- **2017-02-22** 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** 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
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-21** 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/3dc3bf86-42e9-4315-8b14-9ae4787f7724`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).