---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Databases Amendments"
description: "State Databases Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 61"
citation: "Utah H.B. 61 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Databases", "Technology", "Telecommunications", "Emergency Management", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Automated Geographic Reference Center"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39a1479f-3a80-46db-a266-a3d1b54257d9"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0061.html"
source_hash: "1a1cee4f32b7fc0d285a394625a9e563edf7541a750f24b6d52806fb9cb1f7a2"
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 H.B. 61 (2019) — State Databases 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/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0061.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0061.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0061.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Christensen, Allen M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-09** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-25** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-01-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-01-31** to Senate
- **2019-02-01** received from House
- **2019-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2019-02-07** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2019-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-12** to House with amendments
- **2019-02-12** received from Senate
- **2019-02-12** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-02-13** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-02-13** to Senate
- **2019-02-13** received from House
- **2019-02-13** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-13** to House
- **2019-02-14** received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-20** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** 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/39a1479f-3a80-46db-a266-a3d1b54257d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).