---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 293 Open Meeting Minutes Amendments"
description: "H.B. 293 Open Meeting Minutes Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 293"
citation: "Utah HB 293 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "Open and Public Meetings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petersen, Mike J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c3706e8-4a04-498d-b295-7072f198f45a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0293.html"
source_hash: "66a7bbd4e19e041b992e9356547d1495c013b1e4d28ca6c0d95c3d218d76e4b9"
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 293 (2021) — H.B. 293 Open Meeting Minutes 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/HB0293S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0293.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Petersen, Mike J. — primary (person)
- Johnson, John D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-05** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-16** held
- **2021-02-17** to Senate
- **2021-02-17** received from House
- **2021-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-26** to House with amendments
- **2021-02-26** received from Senate
- **2021-02-26** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-01** to Senate
- **2021-03-01** received from House
- **2021-03-01** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-01** to House
- **2021-03-02** received from Senate
- **2021-03-02** 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/9c3706e8-4a04-498d-b295-7072f198f45a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).