---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 260 Law Enforcement Recording Release Amendments"
description: "H.B. 260 Law Enforcement Recording Release Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 260"
citation: "Utah HB 260 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arrest and Detention", "Criminal Procedure", "Department of Public Safety", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Peace Officers", "Public Safety", "Utah Highway Patrol"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wheatley, Mark A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16af09ef-710f-4895-9019-fd6ebb8edce1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0260.html"
source_hash: "a4cc1e0f1aff518cd5cf7e6f1ca1950c36433681fd7dc31f495fdd06b324cd64"
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 HB 260 (2022) — H.B. 260 Law Enforcement Recording Release 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/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0260S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0260.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wheatley, Mark A. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-01** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-11** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2022-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-15** to Senate
- **2022-02-16** received from House
- **2022-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-17** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2022-03-04** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-04** to House
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-22** 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/16af09ef-710f-4895-9019-fd6ebb8edce1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).