---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Forms of Government Amendments"
description: "County Forms of Government Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Utah SB 15 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Form of Local Government", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Winterton, Ronald M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-04T22:02:40+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:59:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16101df6-7d15-4226-8531-904ebf14b730"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0015.html"
source_hash: "64ee6e259db8a54ac36a67181b2a697b55fabbbb04226859b81083005e4d5e70"
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 15 (2026) — County Forms of Government 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/SB0015.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0015.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **51–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Winterton, Ronald M. — primary (person)
- Kohler, Mike L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-04T22:02:40+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-04T22:02:40+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-04T22:02:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0015
- **2025-12-04T22:02:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0015
- **2026-01-07T17:03:07+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-12T16:44:51+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0015
- **2026-01-14T15:54:35+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0015
- **2026-01-15T17:35:14+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T17:55:41+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T17:55:43+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-20T22:17:13+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-20T22:19:08+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-20T22:19:09+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-01-21T17:08:51+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T18:12:48+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-26T19:16:10+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T21:51:51+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30T18:47:39+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30T18:47:40+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-05T18:26:56+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-05T18:29:55+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-05T18:29:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-05T18:29:57+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-05T21:13:17+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-05T21:13:18+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-09T16:00:20+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-09T16:00:21+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-04T17:07:01+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04T17:07:07+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T16:58:18+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T16:58:20+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:59:00+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/16101df6-7d15-4226-8531-904ebf14b730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).