---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 125 Open and Public Meetings Act Amendments"
description: "S.B. 125 Open and Public Meetings Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 125"
citation: "Utah SB 125 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "Open and Public Meetings", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buxton, David G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07b9da18-a12a-425b-84c4-131258e1a832"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0125.html"
source_hash: "cfcad4c05a8b19c3fbfabae7fe79ef4fd5c6861dfc96b78ad10b4a14f531bfaa"
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 SB 125 (2021) — S.B. 125 Open and Public Meetings Act 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/sbillint/SB0125S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0125.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buxton, David G. — primary (person)
- Hawkes, Timothy D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-25** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-27** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-04** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-05** to House
- **2021-02-05** received from Senate
- **2021-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-09** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-18** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-18** to Senate
- **2021-02-18** received from House
- **2021-02-18** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** 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/07b9da18-a12a-425b-84c4-131258e1a832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).