---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 131 Information Technology Act Amendments"
description: "S.B. 131 Information Technology Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "Utah SB 131 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Division of Technology Services", "Election Law", "Information Technology Rate Committee", "Management Information System", "Public Utilities and Technology", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3795ba39-943c-4811-94c0-cee0712d5f71"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0131.html"
source_hash: "2750a46938d602befc5feb696b145e64e99f8e7099d063f8c4a06bae6dc23ead"
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 131 (2024) — S.B. 131 Information Technology 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/sbillint/SB0131S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0131S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0131.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Defay, Ariel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-01-26** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2024-01-31** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** circled
- **2024-02-09** uncircled
- **2024-02-09** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-02-09** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-12** to House
- **2024-02-12** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-02-16** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2024-02-21** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-22** to Senate
- **2024-02-23** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-23** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-26** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-26** to House
- **2024-02-26** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-26** to Senate
- **2024-02-26** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-27** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** 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/3795ba39-943c-4811-94c0-cee0712d5f71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).