---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 31 Protection of Law Enforcement Officers' Personal Information"
description: "S.B. 31 Protection of Law Enforcement Officers' Personal Information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 31"
citation: "Utah S.B. 31 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace Officer", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ipson, Don L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-13"
last_action: "2017-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff31e7eb-928a-4a36-acb5-b868811e3cb1"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0031.html"
source_hash: "338b885b596400fb086c3bcbf70f52ce0098fd9810e8a1820cf0f5b89d7008a7"
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. 31 (2017) — S.B. 31 Protection of Law Enforcement Officers' Personal Information

## 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/SB0031S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0031S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0031.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **70–2** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ipson, Don L. — primary (person)
- Ray, Paul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-01-23** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-01-23** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-01-23** to House
- **2017-01-24** received from Senate
- **2017-01-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2017-02-10** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2017-02-14** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-14** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-15** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2017-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2017-02-15** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-17** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-22** to Senate
- **2017-02-22** received from House
- **2017-02-22** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-02-23** concurs with House amendment
- **2017-02-23** to House
- **2017-02-23** received from Senate
- **2017-02-23** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-02-23** to Senate
- **2017-02-23** received from House
- **2017-02-23** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-23** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-02-23** 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
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22** 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/ff31e7eb-928a-4a36-acb5-b868811e3cb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).