---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural Online Initiative Sunset Amendments"
description: "Rural Online Initiative Sunset Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Utah SB 55 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Education", "Legislative Operations", "Rural Development", "Sunset Legislation", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Derrin R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f44e89ef-3279-4cf2-93a3-26ad1b8712cd"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0055.html"
source_hash: "9b03b430bf234d90d3e04720303af831b9a821ff6f3f8390588060adb2ff12b0"
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 55 (2021) — Rural Online Initiative Sunset 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/SB0055.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0055.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens, Derrin R. — primary (person)
- Albrecht, Carl R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-05** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **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
- **2021-01-20** received from Senate
- **2021-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-04** to Senate
- **2021-02-04** received from House
- **2021-02-04** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-12** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-12** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-02-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-02-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-02-12** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-02-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-15** 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/f44e89ef-3279-4cf2-93a3-26ad1b8712cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).