---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Settlement Agreements Requirements"
description: "State Settlement Agreements Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "Utah SB 273 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ipson, Don L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d78b8591-15b1-4d1c-a72d-41748f9052e1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0273.html"
source_hash: "9dbcba54f3ca6789c039d644aa3484ffd0be8b03bc15d890d6c448773bdd03ac"
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 273 (2023) — State Settlement Agreements Requirements

## 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/SB0273.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0273.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ipson, Don L. — primary (person)
- Spendlove, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-02-21** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
- **2023-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-27** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** circled
- **2023-02-28** uncircled
- **2023-02-28** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to House
- **2023-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-02** 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/d78b8591-15b1-4d1c-a72d-41748f9052e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).