---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Document Signature Classification"
description: "Public Document Signature Classification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 47"
citation: "Utah S.B. 47 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Initiatives", "Government Records", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iwamoto, Jani"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-02"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c5aab11-e3a1-48d3-8ad6-2d03f0ed6323"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0047.html"
source_hash: "3093d40e8f32c1d57aa14e3bba80b8a32ff67801c49eeb5af32759a150fd711e"
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. 47 (2020) — Public Document Signature Classification

## 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/SB0047.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0047.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **67–6** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iwamoto, Jani — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-01-23** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-01-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **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 Calendar to Rules
- **2020-01-28** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-31** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-31** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-05** to House
- **2020-02-05** received from Senate
- **2020-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-19** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-02-19** to Senate
- **2020-02-20** received from House
- **2020-02-20** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-20** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-02-20** 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/2c5aab11-e3a1-48d3-8ad6-2d03f0ed6323`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).