---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 48 State Flag Amendments"
description: "S.B. 48 State Flag Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "Utah SB 48 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Heritage and Arts", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Heritage and Arts", "Legislative Committees and Task Forces", "Legislative Operations", "Legislative Organization", "State Symbols and Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCay, Daniel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-12-21"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/114ce562-1795-492e-ad9c-37f80a802903"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0048.html"
source_hash: "d33c8826e2ca97c226a5d6be32d0cb8c32433b43919bd77d93632cf9428aca46"
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 48 (2021) — S.B. 48 State Flag 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/SB0048S04.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0048S04.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0048.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **49–23** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 3 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **24–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCay, Daniel — primary (person)
- Handy, Stephen G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-21** 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** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-29** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** circled
- **2021-02-01** uncircled
- **2021-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** circled
- **2021-02-05** uncircled
- **2021-02-05** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **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`
- **2021-02-23** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 3
- **2021-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-25** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2021-03-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-03** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-04** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** substituted from # 3 to # 4
- **2021-03-04** floor amendment # 2
- **2021-03-04** floor amendment failed # 1
- **2021-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **2021-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-04** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-03-04** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-04** 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
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** 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/114ce562-1795-492e-ad9c-37f80a802903`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).