---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 162 County Governance Amendments"
description: "S.B. 162 County Governance Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Utah SB 162 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "County and Municipal Finance", "Fiscal Procedures", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83382848-191d-4d4e-bbc5-c80052ac9152"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0162.html"
source_hash: "b90bcef89165371e86b0ab595b8e2a22e1fa83213f6406a87383d8af4574c9c2"
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 162 (2022) — S.B. 162 County Governance 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/SB0162S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillamd/SB0162S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0162.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Lyman, Phil — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-08** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2022-02-11** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-11** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** floor amendment # 1
- **2022-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-16** to House
- **2022-02-16** received from Senate
- **2022-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2022-02-24** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-02-28** to Senate
- **2022-02-28** received from House
- **2022-02-28** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23** 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/83382848-191d-4d4e-bbc5-c80052ac9152`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).