---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 21 Open and Public Meetings Act Amendments"
description: "H.B. 21 Open and Public Meetings Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "Utah HB 21 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "Independent Entities", "Open and Public Meetings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briscoe, Joel K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 61
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0660e51-ea3c-4bbb-a0d2-18bb7210dc4b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0021.html"
source_hash: "e42ab2f586d74d972081ff9210fb7d5c277716b5a9791bc507d57a414b1d598e"
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 21 (2023) — H.B. 21 Open and Public Meetings Act 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0021S05.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee Report 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/comreport/HB021C10.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0021.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Conference Committee - Final Passage — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briscoe, Joel K. — primary (person)
- Anderegg, Jacob L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-04** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** to House Government Operations Committee
- **2023-02-22** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2023-02-22** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** comm rpt/substituted/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** circled
- **2023-02-27** uncircled
- **2023-02-27** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-27** to Senate
- **2023-02-27** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-03-02** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** circled
- **2023-03-03** uncircled
- **2023-03-03** substituted from # 3 to # 4 `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-03** refuse to concur with Senate amendment
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** refused to recede from Senate amendments
- **2023-03-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** House Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** Bill Substituted by Conference Committee from # 4 to # 5
- **2023-03-03** Conference Committee Report
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2023-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2023-03-03** House Conference Committee - Final Passage `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14** 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/a0660e51-ea3c-4bbb-a0d2-18bb7210dc4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).