---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Expression Protection Act"
description: "Public Expression Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Utah SB 18 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Civil Litigation", "Civil Procedure", "Court Rules", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Judicial Operations", "Judicial Review of Administrative Rules", "Labor and Employment", "State Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7968b9d9-25ee-4684-a92e-c76167d6f917"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0018.html"
source_hash: "7fb7de5b8216aeec7a9d42e660b7d7b28eb42f43a917fc4df2b2ed07a0ebbbd5"
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 18 (2023) — Public Expression Protection Act

## 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/SB0018.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0018.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0018.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- Maloy, A. Cory — 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
- **2022-12-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-12-19** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-12-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** to Senate Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-01-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-24** to House
- **2023-01-25** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** to House Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-01-27** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-01-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2023-01-30** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-01** to Senate
- **2023-02-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-02-02** circled
- **2023-02-02** uncircled
- **2023-02-02** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02** to House
- **2023-02-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-02** to Senate
- **2023-02-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-02-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** 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/7968b9d9-25ee-4684-a92e-c76167d6f917`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).