---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act"
description: "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 121"
citation: "Utah S.B. 121 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Records", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Uniform Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillyard, Lyle W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81469a88-c35c-4732-b425-4528b3d04458"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0121.html"
source_hash: "f6ed573523e50bd82a75d7416a70e7796bfa32eea91958fee8f98dd6e836f163"
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. 121 (2018) — Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillint/SB0121.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0121.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hillyard, Lyle W. — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-26** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-29** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-01-31** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-01** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-06** to House
- **2018-02-06** received from Senate
- **2018-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-12** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2018-03-06** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** circled
- **2018-03-06** uncircled
- **2018-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-06** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-06** to Senate
- **2018-03-07** received from House
- **2018-03-07** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/81469a88-c35c-4732-b425-4528b3d04458`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).