---
type: "Bill"
title: "Geographic Reference Center Amendments"
description: "Geographic Reference Center Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "Utah HB 261 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Automated Geographic Reference Center", "Department of Technology Services", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Public Utilities & Technology", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks, Walt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2da0e7cd-3905-40ee-bbda-b8f3395e1c60"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0261.html"
source_hash: "25b0944d23cd9ea086b33a312389e496b45218dbccd058955c5efb2b59bf26be"
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 261 (2021) — Geographic Reference Center Amendments

## 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/HB0261.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0261.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks, Walt — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-27** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-29** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-29** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2021-02-03** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-05** to Senate
- **2021-02-05** received from House
- **2021-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-12** to House
- **2021-02-12** received from Senate
- **2021-02-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** 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/2da0e7cd-3905-40ee-bbda-b8f3395e1c60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).