---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 97 Public Meeting Minutes Amendments"
description: "S.B. 97 Public Meeting Minutes Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 97"
citation: "Utah S.B. 97 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Meetings", "Local Governments", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van Tassell, Kevin T."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb4b3be3-55d4-402a-a90a-de6381d6ba6a"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0097.html"
source_hash: "56bf20d399deab7562d556ad14de6156b9a50ce63302aaa654b496c740d1cbcb"
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. 97 (2017) — S.B. 97 Public Meeting Minutes 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/SB0097S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0097S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0097.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **26–1** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Van Tassell, Kevin T. — primary (person)
- Spendlove, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-25** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** floor amendment # 2
- **2017-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** circled
- **2017-02-23** uncircled
- **2017-02-23** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-23** circled
- **2017-02-23** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-24** uncircled
- **2017-02-24** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-24** to House
- **2017-02-24** received from Senate
- **2017-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-24** 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
- **2017-03-06** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-06** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-06** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-06** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-14** 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/bb4b3be3-55d4-402a-a90a-de6381d6ba6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).