---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 97 Operations of State Government"
description: "S.B. 97 Operations of State Government"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Utah SB 97 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislative Operations", "Legislative Organization", "Resolutions", "Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 63
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/933fc784-7e27-4e74-ac21-642d7d4320fd"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0097.html"
source_hash: "9374e5b71ca18f8b711bb51fd207ff1db92a5007a1abae503d2a5471372aad91"
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 (2024) — S.B. 97 Operations of State Government

## 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/SB0097S04.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0097S04.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0097.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- Dunnigan, James A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** circled
- **2024-01-30** uncircled
- **2024-01-30** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** circled
- **2024-02-05** uncircled
- **2024-02-05** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-05** to House
- **2024-02-05** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-14** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-14** to Senate
- **2024-02-15** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-15** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-02-21** motion to reconsider
- **2024-02-21** circled
- **2024-02-26** uncircled
- **2024-02-26** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-26** to House
- **2024-02-26** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** circled
- **2024-03-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-03-01** uncircled
- **2024-03-01** substituted from # 2 to # 4 `substitution`
- **2024-03-01** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-03-01** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** 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/933fc784-7e27-4e74-ac21-642d7d4320fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).