---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Election Amendments"
description: "Municipal Election Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 321"
citation: "Utah SB 321 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaign Finance", "Fines", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Municipal Officers", "Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCay, Daniel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-23T18:34:55+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T14:05:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9446496-5a1d-4604-a742-a58707f89881"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0321.html"
source_hash: "c4937426cdc78463ddb216531b075fd7d7edc4a4a751a6567253b656dbee5b10"
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 321 (2026) — Municipal Election 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/SB0321.xml)
2. **Amended 3/6/2026 12:03:365** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0321_2026-03-06_12-42-34.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 3/6/2026 12:03:365** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0321_2026-03-06_12-42-34.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0321.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0321.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCay, Daniel — primary (person)
- Shepherd, Lisa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-23T18:34:55+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-23T18:34:55+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-23T18:34:56+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0321
- **2026-02-23T18:34:56+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0321
- **2026-02-23T20:57:12+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T21:32:03+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-24T21:12:35+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T00:30:51+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0321
- **2026-02-26T23:19:07+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T15:36:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0321
- **2026-02-27T16:57:29+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T17:20:33+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T17:20:34+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-02T18:50:56+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-02T18:53:42+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03T18:02:09+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03T18:04:10+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-03T18:04:11+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-03T20:22:57+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T01:39:15+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-05T19:31:56+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T19:31:58+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06T18:50:12+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T18:51:56+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-03-06T19:21:45+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-03-06T19:23:50+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-06T19:24:40+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T19:24:42+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T20:41:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0321
- **2026-03-06T20:44:58+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0321
- **2026-03-06T21:18:51+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T21:18:52+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T22:02:59+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-06T22:03:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T23:01:28+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T23:01:29+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-06T23:01:30+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T03:59:01+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:59:02+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T14:59:40+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T14:59:45+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T16:03:01+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T16:03:04+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T17:11:51+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T17:11:53+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T14:05:00+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/c9446496-5a1d-4604-a742-a58707f89881`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).