---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 249 Public Access to Court Records"
description: "H.B. 249 Public Access to Court Records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 249"
citation: "Utah HB 249 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court Rules", "Courts", "Crimes", "Domestic Violence", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy, Stephen G."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de1f5690-4f4a-40f6-b5d7-c21134811d14"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0249.html"
source_hash: "a33c34a825224e0763b739510220c533902fe1731096a456ee1ac611aa7ae050"
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 HB 249 (2021) — H.B. 249 Public Access to Court Records

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0249S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0249S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0249.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **55–17** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Handy, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-01** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** circled
- **2021-02-18** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-19** uncircled
- **2021-02-19** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-19** to Senate
- **2021-02-19** received from House
- **2021-02-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-02-23** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2021-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-24** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-02** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-03** received from Senate
- **2021-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **2021-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-04** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/de1f5690-4f4a-40f6-b5d7-c21134811d14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).