---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 28 Election Law Revisions"
description: "S.B. 28 Election Law Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 28"
citation: "Utah S.B. 28 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Law", "Initiatives", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0074830c-8545-49bd-9662-7783526e9538"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0028.html"
source_hash: "41c9fd5d5e69e62b5c64d90126cadbd6f2a55063117aa6353d6e45ee07487620"
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. 28 (2020) — S.B. 28 Election Law Revisions

## 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/sbillint/SB0028S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0028.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Roberts, Marc K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-12-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-27** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-01-28** 3nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2020-01-30** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** circled
- **2020-02-18** uncircled
- **2020-02-18** substituted from # 1 to # 3
- **2020-02-18** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-19** to House
- **2020-02-19** received from Senate
- **2020-02-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-21** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-26** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-02-26** to Senate
- **2020-02-27** received from House
- **2020-02-27** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-27** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-02-27** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-28** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-28** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** 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/0074830c-8545-49bd-9662-7783526e9538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).