---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments"
description: "Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 540"
citation: "Utah HB 540 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Electronic Databases", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Government Records", "Judges", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monson, Logan"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-11T14:20:18+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T15:21:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/953359c7-45d2-416c-923f-8d23a65f1dc6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0540.html"
source_hash: "06f9d483131aac79e268a9bd53d03d0ce6feeb0813bccd846636e012a58eeea4"
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 540 (2026) — Judicial Transparency and Information Access 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/2026/bills/introduced/HB0540.xml)
2. **Amended 3/4/2026 19:03:105** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0540S02_2026-03-04_19-31-00.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 3/4/2026 19:03:105** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0540S02_2026-03-04_19-31-00.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0540 To HB0540S01.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0540S01 To HB0540S02.pdf)
6. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0540S02.Samd.1.pdf)
7. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0540S01.xml)
8. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0540S02.xml)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0540.xml)

## Votes

- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **57–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **20–6** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **57–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monson, Logan — primary (person)
- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11T14:20:18+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-11T14:20:18+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-11T14:20:21+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0540
- **2026-02-11T14:20:21+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0540
- **2026-02-11T17:17:59+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-11T18:09:45+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-11T19:32:28+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T01:02:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0540
- **2026-02-13T04:18:03+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0540
- **2026-02-13T14:33:10+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-13T16:38:29+00:00** House Comm - Held [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-13T16:57:20+00:00** House Comm - Reconsider actions [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-13T16:58:41+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:21:16+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:21:17+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-23T17:30:16+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0540S01
- **2026-02-23T17:30:16+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0540S01
- **2026-02-23T18:22:41+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T18:25:14+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-23T18:25:48+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-23T22:37:39+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-23T22:42:18+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T22:42:20+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-24T01:22:13+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T17:16:48+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T21:16:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-01T05:26:43+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0540S02
- **2026-03-01T05:26:43+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0540S02
- **2026-03-02T15:41:29+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-03-02T15:41:56+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T18:28:02+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0540S01
- **2026-03-02T21:43:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0540S01
- **2026-03-02T21:52:57+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-03-02T21:52:58+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03T05:00:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0540S02
- **2026-03-03T16:01:41+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0540S02
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T00:08:09+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T02:10:45+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T02:11:38+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-05T02:16:25+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T02:16:26+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-05T17:12:38+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T17:12:39+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T19:15:55+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T19:15:56+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T22:22:29+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T22:22:30+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:22:31+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T00:10:52+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T00:10:53+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:07:35+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T21:07:37+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T18:19:48+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T18:19:53+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T19:06:07+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T19:06:09+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T15:21:00+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/953359c7-45d2-416c-923f-8d23a65f1dc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).