---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 16 Utah Retirement Systems Amendments"
description: "S.B. 16 Utah Retirement Systems Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Utah SB 16 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firefighters' Retirement", "Independent Entities", "Judges' Retirement", "Public Employees Retirement", "Public Retirement and Insurance", "Public Safety Retirement", "Utah State Retirement Office"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-15"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9cae74c-5cd8-4d7d-b289-8c956bd60573"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0016.html"
source_hash: "aaf94f351d01cf9dd5f78c12954d21d096612fa30a17dca0cf3bf0ebb702fa76"
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 16 (2021) — S.B. 16 Utah Retirement Systems 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/SB0016S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Hall, Craig — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-14** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-19** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-01-19** to House
- **2021-01-19** received from Senate
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-11** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-11** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-17** to Senate
- **2021-02-17** received from House
- **2021-02-17** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-18** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-02-18** to House
- **2021-02-18** received from Senate
- **2021-02-18** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-18** to Senate
- **2021-02-19** received from House
- **2021-02-19** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** 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/f9cae74c-5cd8-4d7d-b289-8c956bd60573`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).