---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 242 Government Records Access and Management Act Amendments"
description: "S.B. 242 Government Records Access and Management Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 242"
citation: "Utah S.B. 242 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Records", "Local Governments", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a47d19b-0887-4a73-900e-c4724d69fa05"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0242.html"
source_hash: "e7a68a1986cc1aa36828c333c3ca6317db6ec9ee5d38cdc63946b2904c76dc2c"
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. 242 (2017) — S.B. 242 Government Records Access and Management Act 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/SB0242S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0242.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **68–7** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- Dunnigan, James A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-17** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-21** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-01** to House
- **2017-03-01** received from Senate
- **2017-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2017-03-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** circled
- **2017-03-09** uncircled
- **2017-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-25** 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/3a47d19b-0887-4a73-900e-c4724d69fa05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).