--- type: "Bill" title: "H.B. 539 State Legal Dispute Amendments" description: "H.B. 539 State Legal Dispute Amendments" jurisdiction: "us/states/ut" legislature: "Utah Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "HB 539" citation: "Utah HB 539 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Brammer, Brady"] version_count: 2 action_count: 37 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2024-02-13" last_action: "2024-03-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6687109-1730-4f78-b400-ea97bdf3a912" source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0539.html" source_hash: "b0d9bfb9d50d5df1cb0bb7752de876c438ed29f4fd64e5147f21e71c8fb23b0c" 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 539 (2024) — H.B. 539 State Legal Dispute 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0539S01.pdf) 2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0539.pdf) ## Votes - Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower - House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower - passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper - House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower - passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Brammer, Brady — primary (person) - Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed - **2024-02-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed - **2024-02-13** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt` - **2024-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-02-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt` - **2024-02-21** to House Judiciary Committee - **2024-02-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 - **2024-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-02-23** comm rpt/substituted - **2024-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2` - **2024-02-26** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules - **2024-02-26** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar - **2024-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage` - **2024-02-26** to Senate - **2024-02-26** received from House `receipt` - **2024-02-26** fiscal note publicly available - **2024-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-02-27** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee - **2024-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-02-27** comm rpt/sent to Rules - **2024-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar - **2024-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar - **2024-03-01** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3` - **2024-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage` - **2024-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage` - **2024-03-01** to House - **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt` - **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage` - **2024-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling - **2024-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled` - **2024-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing - **2024-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt` - **2024-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-03-21** 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/f6687109-1730-4f78-b400-ea97bdf3a912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).