---
type: "Bill"
title: "Closed Public Meeting Amendments"
description: "Closed Public Meeting Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Utah SB 245 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Business Entities", "Open and Public Meetings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9936ee2-3250-47af-a961-52ec0147a8a4"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0245.html"
source_hash: "f3fc2e924774b2adfef570313e36427f7fd317a873a15f1802b71a327d5424d3"
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 245 (2023) — Closed Public Meeting 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/sbillint/SB0245.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0245.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- Loubet, Anthony E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-02-16** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** to Senate Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-02-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2023-02-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** placed back on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-22** to House
- **2023-02-23** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** to House Political Subdivisions Committee
- **2023-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** 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`
- **2023-03-23** 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/b9936ee2-3250-47af-a961-52ec0147a8a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).