---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 243 Political Subdivisions Amendments"
description: "S.B. 243 Political Subdivisions Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 243"
citation: "Utah SB 243 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assessment Area", "Department of Administrative Services", "Finance", "Local Government Infrastructure and Utilities", "Military Installation Development Authority", "Municipalities", "Open and Public Meetings", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Public Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevenson, Jerry W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d61bef32-cf21-4ea0-97bc-93a399bd6f17"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0243.html"
source_hash: "7ebd4596df6d65218a3f3275ad14b45295d70e08fc1be6bcfb9308ba58e05ffc"
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 243 (2021) — S.B. 243 Political Subdivisions 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/SB0243S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0243.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **57–13** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **21–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stevenson, Jerry W. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Francis D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-26** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** circled
- **2021-03-02** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-02** uncircled
- **2021-03-02** circled
- **2021-03-02** uncircled
- **2021-03-02** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-03-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** circled
- **2021-03-02** uncircled
- **2021-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-02** to House
- **2021-03-02** received from Senate
- **2021-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-05** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2021-03-05** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-03-05** circled
- **2021-03-05** uncircled
- **2021-03-05** floor amendment # 2
- **2021-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-05** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** 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`
- **2021-03-22** 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/d61bef32-cf21-4ea0-97bc-93a399bd6f17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).