---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Election Amendments"
description: "Local Election Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 11"
citation: "Utah SB 11 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Administration", "Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Limited Purpose Local Government Entities", "Local Districts", "Municipalities", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iwamoto, Jani"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-13"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb00120c-ab8a-42e7-b68b-aa2d9e4f0027"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0011.html"
source_hash: "a2ba6d9a0225643e5f9a5dc27e7e5007007a72295029211b6bf8e177cedbf8f9"
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 11 (2022) — Local Election 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/sbillint/SB0011.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0011.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **58–13** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iwamoto, Jani — primary (person)
- Thurston, Norman K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-12-13** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-12-13** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-12-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-02** to House
- **2022-02-02** received from Senate
- **2022-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-10** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-02-10** to Senate
- **2022-02-10** received from House
- **2022-02-10** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-16** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-02-16** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** 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/bb00120c-ab8a-42e7-b68b-aa2d9e4f0027`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).