---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 222 Public Official and State Capitol Protection Amendments"
description: "S.B. 222 Public Official and State Capitol Protection Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "Utah SB 222 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Capitol Hill", "Constitutional Officers", "Department of Public Safety", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ipson, Don L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1093cc9-fced-4dba-bc3a-3bbc5b648fde"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0222.html"
source_hash: "c8229efee8065fc4945c971b60e20f11a9ef5f9518c09a771a0c1058e483d604"
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 222 (2021) — S.B. 222 Public Official and State Capitol Protection 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/SB0222S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0222.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **48–20** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ipson, Don L. — primary (person)
- Spendlove, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-24** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-24** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **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** circled
- **2021-02-26** uncircled
- **2021-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-26** to House
- **2021-02-26** received from Senate
- **2021-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** House Comm - Returned to Rules
- **2021-03-03** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2021-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-03** to Senate
- **2021-03-03** received from House
- **2021-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** 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/f1093cc9-fced-4dba-bc3a-3bbc5b648fde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).