---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 97 Public Contract Requirements"
description: "S.B. 97 Public Contract Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Utah SB 97 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Business Entities", "Contracts and Obligations", "Finance", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Procurement", "Public Budgeting", "Public Funds and Accounts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson, Chris H."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0d839de-920b-4d57-9642-adb54c607edb"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0097.html"
source_hash: "ea39ff34310be46b5cb57b74b45712460a16cb2a428aa0d05e40c998027f7d08"
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 97 (2023) — S.B. 97 Public Contract 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/SB0097S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0097S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0097.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **19–6** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **55–15** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **22–6** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **20–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson, Chris H. — primary (person)
- Shipp, Rex P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-16** 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`
- **2023-01-20** to Senate Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-02-08** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2023-02-15** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2023-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-16** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-21** to House
- **2023-02-21** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-22** to House Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-02-28** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-02** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** 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`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** 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`
- **2023-03-14** 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/c0d839de-920b-4d57-9642-adb54c607edb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).