---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Audit Amendments"
description: "State Audit Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Utah SB 160 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Legislative Operations", "Legislative Organization", "Legislative Staff Offices", "Public Funds and Accounts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buxton, David G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb31aaee-9ce3-4a64-ad17-22f7dc938bf9"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0160.html"
source_hash: "74c0dbc85ae4a092c4abc5fb9c0c18298aaa78a6baddb1b5aedc74d708e4f272"
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 160 (2021) — State Audit 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/SB0160.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0160.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **59–11** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buxton, David G. — primary (person)
- Dunnigan, James A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-03** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-02-03** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-04** 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
- **2021-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-17** to House
- **2021-02-17** received from Senate
- **2021-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-24** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-24** to Senate
- **2021-02-24** received from House
- **2021-02-24** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** 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/bb31aaee-9ce3-4a64-ad17-22f7dc938bf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).