---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notary Public Amendments"
description: "Notary Public Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 276"
citation: "Utah HB 276 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "Notarization and Authentication"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c26ad04a-ad4d-41aa-8c45-bdcce81956f3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0276.html"
source_hash: "15c4ecf6793a9815a71a43feebf8b4379f7c2447b8cd22ace207357ab5ad33ad"
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 276 (2021) — Notary Public 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/HB0276.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0276.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-02-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-04** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-16** to Senate
- **2021-02-16** received from House
- **2021-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2021-02-22** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-25** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-25** to House
- **2021-02-25** received from Senate
- **2021-02-25** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** 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/c26ad04a-ad4d-41aa-8c45-bdcce81956f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).