---
type: "Bill"
title: "Government Records Access Revisions"
description: "Government Records Access Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "Utah SB 254 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullimore, Kirk A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61d5f572-a11a-452a-a19b-f27059801ee7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0254.html"
source_hash: "99464f35833b3a3e15d88cc615587d466e0dff083539bbf965e4fd9a731cb5a3"
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 254 (2022) — Government Records Access Revisions

## 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/SB0254.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillamd/SB0254.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0254.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cullimore, Kirk A. — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-24** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-24** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-24** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-02-24** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-24** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28** comm rpt/amended
- **2022-02-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-03-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-01** to House
- **2022-03-01** received from Senate
- **2022-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-04** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-03-04** to Senate
- **2022-03-05** received from House
- **2022-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from Senate 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
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-21** 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/61d5f572-a11a-452a-a19b-f27059801ee7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).