---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amendments to County Form of Government"
description: "Amendments to County Form of Government"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 61"
citation: "Utah H.B. 61 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Form of Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilde, Logan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a11bac73-f11b-4a63-ad06-a0ca4b37314a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0061.html"
source_hash: "090d6417c7e05fbf6ffc29a6ac1ae9151726f9c2b5b20f6e80c1667e588ea398"
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 (2020) — Amendments to County Form of Government

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillint/HB0061.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0061.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0061.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilde, Logan — primary (person)
- Winterton, Ronald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-01-27** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-31** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-02-04** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2020-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-12** to Senate
- **2020-02-12** received from House
- **2020-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** circled
- **2020-02-28** uncircled
- **2020-02-28** floor amendment # 3
- **2020-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-28** to House with amendments
- **2020-02-28** received from Senate
- **2020-02-28** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-02** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2020-03-02** to Senate
- **2020-03-02** recalled by House
- **2020-03-02** to House
- **2020-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2020-03-03** to Senate
- **2020-03-04** received from House
- **2020-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-04** to House
- **2020-03-04** received from Senate
- **2020-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-06** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-06** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-06** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** 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/a11bac73-f11b-4a63-ad06-a0ca4b37314a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).