---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 36 Open and Public Meetings Act Amendments"
description: "H.B. 36 Open and Public Meetings Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 36"
citation: "Utah HB 36 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Notice Requirements", "Open and Public Meetings", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnigan, James A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36cf0bbd-89b5-4e4b-8195-8edeb2d24e66"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0036.html"
source_hash: "4b1b3295fe2f18b9da1d37543dbf92f982777710d7bd0ca2a0439b188873bf27"
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 HB 36 (2024) — H.B. 36 Open and Public Meetings Act 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0036S03.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillamd/HB0036S03.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0036.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **49–22** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **20–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dunnigan, James A. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** to House Political Subdivisions Committee
- **2024-01-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-01-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** circled
- **2024-02-06** uncircled
- **2024-02-06** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-06** to Senate
- **2024-02-06** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
- **2024-02-12** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2024-02-12** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** circled
- **2024-02-22** uncircled
- **2024-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-22** to House with amendments
- **2024-02-22** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-23** circled
- **2024-02-23** uncircled
- **2024-02-23** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** to Senate
- **2024-02-26** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-26** to House
- **2024-02-26** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-26** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** 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/36cf0bbd-89b5-4e4b-8195-8edeb2d24e66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).