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type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 34 Governmental Use of Facial Recognition Technology"
description: "S.B. 34 Governmental Use of Facial Recognition Technology"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Utah SB 34 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Privacy", "Public Utilities & Technology", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-21"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14d16777-ca73-45cb-958d-0abbd11ecc34"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0034.html"
source_hash: "62ee9c13889a145b8abf2ce58755fbc3517fc602355f9e0f636e1150e6baaf43"
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 34 (2021) — S.B. 34 Governmental Use of Facial Recognition Technology
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0034S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0034.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **50** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **90** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **272** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **271** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **730** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **243** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Seegmiller, Travis M. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-14** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-29** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-01** to House
- **2021-02-02** received from Senate
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** substituted from # 0 to # 2
- **2021-02-25** circled
- **2021-02-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-04** uncircled
- **2021-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **2021-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-04** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-03-04** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/14d16777-ca73-45cb-958d-0abbd11ecc34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).