---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement Agency Amendments"
description: "Law Enforcement Agency Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 197"
citation: "Utah S.B. 197 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Government Records", "Governmental Immunity", "Peace Officer", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07827523-e52d-4f54-92f7-7db0edb5ac07"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0197.html"
source_hash: "36fdcd27bbda1901a13b37c211267574985b3b4f598563ef1066694d1e1e325e"
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. 197 (2019) — Law Enforcement Agency 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/sbillint/SB0197.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0197.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-21** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2019-02-25** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2019-02-27** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** circled
- **2019-03-04** uncircled
- **2019-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-04** to House
- **2019-03-04** received from Senate
- **2019-03-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-12** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-03-12** to Senate
- **2019-03-12** received from House
- **2019-03-12** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-12** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-03-12** 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`
- **2019-03-25** 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/07827523-e52d-4f54-92f7-7db0edb5ac07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).