---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 123 Boards and Commissions Modifications"
description: "S.B. 123 Boards and Commissions Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "Utah SB 123 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Committees", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f3f584e-0272-4e26-ba52-c0e9492dbd2e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0123.html"
source_hash: "f51f50d29824825d00f446c271de66f08b680f011c412fdfc34c4dfe46f28df7"
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 123 (2023) — S.B. 123 Boards and Commissions Modifications

## 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/sbillint/SB0123S05.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0123.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 4 to # 5 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Held — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Peterson, Karen M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** to Senate Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-01-26** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-26** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3
- **2023-01-26** Senate Comm - Held
- **2023-01-31** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4
- **2023-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-07** to House
- **2023-02-08** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** to House Government Operations Committee
- **2023-02-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-20** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-24** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2023-02-27** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 4 to # 5
- **2023-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2023-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-03** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from Senate 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/4f3f584e-0272-4e26-ba52-c0e9492dbd2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).