---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Code Amendments"
description: "Election Code Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Utah SB 53 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Administration", "Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Musselman, Calvin R."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-02T21:45:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/403a73b2-958e-406e-b629-1819f2b9d13f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0053.html"
source_hash: "2194fe2307c5377b4240ab359e2d114b6f173a491bc9b4613f5c046b4159f833"
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 53 (2025) — Election Code 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/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0053.xml)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB053H10.pdf)
3. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB053H10.pdf)
4. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB053S10.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0053.xml)

## Sponsors

- Musselman, Calvin R. — primary (person)
- Gricius, Stephanie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-02T21:45:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-01-02T21:45:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-14T17:14:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-20T20:58:00+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T18:23:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-21T18:23:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-01-21T23:26:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-01-21T23:31:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-01-21T23:31:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-01-22T19:02:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-01-23T18:11:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-29T19:21:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30T22:56:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31T18:11:00+00:00** House/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31T18:11:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-05T18:39:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-05T18:41:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-05T18:41:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-02-05T18:41:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-06T18:08:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-06T18:08:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-02-08T00:10:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2025-02-08T00:10:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-12T20:42:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-12T20:42:00+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-13T17:44:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-13T17:44:00+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** 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/403a73b2-958e-406e-b629-1819f2b9d13f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).