---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open and Public Meetings Act Amendments"
description: "Open and Public Meetings Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020S5"
identifier: "H.B. 5002"
citation: "Utah H.B. 5002 (2020S5)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Records", "Open and Public Meetings", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Potter, Val K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-16"
last_action: "2020-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7403fc67-848e-46f5-b460-adf882db3fcb"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020S5/bills/static/HB5002.html"
source_hash: "87206c9713df8284fd516b04dc58df3fa74e02c1c8f13416f7400812e0a1f817"
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 H.B. 5002 (2020S5) — Open and Public Meetings Act 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/~2020S5/bills/hbillint/HB5002.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020S5/bills/hbillenr/HB5002.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Potter, Val K. — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-06-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-06-16** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-06-17** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-06-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-06-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-06-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2020-06-18** 2nd suspended
- **2020-06-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-06-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-06-18** to Senate
- **2020-06-18** received from House
- **2020-06-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-06-18** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-06-18** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-06-18** to House
- **2020-06-18** received from Senate
- **2020-06-18** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-06-19** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-06-19** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-06-22** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-06-22** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-06-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-06-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-25** 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/7403fc67-848e-46f5-b460-adf882db3fcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).