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Yes: 204 • No: 18
UtahH.B. 692025 General SessionHouseWALLET
Government Records and Information Amendments
Sponsored By: Stephanie Gricius (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Election LawGovernment RecordsGovernment Operations (State Issues)Election Administration
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Fee recovery for wrongly targeted requesters
Beginning May 7, 2025, courts may award reasonable legal fees to someone opposing a government petition labeling them a vexatious requester. The person must substantially win, and the petition must have no merit. The government office must also have filed without a reasonable factual or legal basis and acted in bad faith.
Government pays for bad-faith secrecy requests
Beginning May 7, 2025, courts must order government offices to pay the lead opposing party's reasonable legal fees and costs. This applies when the court denies the office's request to keep records confidential. No statutory or constitutional disclosure exemption can reasonably apply, and the court must find that the office acted in bad faith.
Legal fee recovery for records appeals
Beginning May 7, 2025, courts may award requesters reasonable legal fees and costs in court appeals over records access. The requester must substantially win, and the court must find that the defending party acted in bad faith. This does not cover administrative proceedings or cases mainly seeking the requester's financial or commercial gain.
Stronger voter privacy limits on officials
Beginning May 7, 2025, government officers cannot reveal or try to discover information from an identifiable voter's cast ballot. They also face limits on revealing identifiable voting and ballot-return details; records showing whether return postage was attached are private. Officers using job-based election access must act lawfully, for their duties, and not mainly for personal reasons. Authorized mass sharing of voting history and access available to the general public remain allowed. Intentional violations of the new officer-access rules are class B misdemeanors.
Legal cost risks for records requesters
Beginning May 7, 2025, requesters cannot recover legal fees or costs under the records-enforcement law in primarily financial or commercial cases. District courts may also order a requester to pay the other party's reasonable legal fees and costs in records-access appeals. The other party must substantially win, and the court must find that the requester acted in bad faith.
Faster public access to voting history
Beginning May 7, 2025, election officers must make required voting history public within one business day of receiving it. Public records must exclude private fields and must not identify voters with private registration status. Precinct history can be shared only as election-record law allows, and copies cost no more than actual production costs. Government offices can also share certain private records with other government offices for voter registration or election work. That sharing bypasses the usual government-to-government records-sharing process.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Stephanie Gricius
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Calvin R. Musselman
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/19/2025
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 54 • No: 18
Senate vote • 2/18/2025
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 27 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/18/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/14/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/14/2025
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/14/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/14/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/13/2025
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 27 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/13/2025
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/3/2025
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 4 • No: 0
House vote • 1/29/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 72 • No: 0
House vote • 1/29/2025
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 1/22/2025
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 0
House vote • 1/22/2025
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/25/2025House/ to Governor
3/12/2025HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/12/2025HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2025HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2/21/2025Bill Received from House for Enrolling
2/21/2025House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
2/20/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/20/2025HouseSenate/ to House
2/19/2025SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
2/19/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
2/19/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
2/19/2025HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
2/19/2025HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
2/18/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/18/2025HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
2/18/2025SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
2/18/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
2/18/2025SenateSenate/ circled
2/14/2025SenateSenate/ substituted
2/14/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
2/14/2025SenateSenate/ circled
2/14/2025SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
2/14/2025SenateSenate/ passed 2nd reading
2/13/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2025
Substitute #4
2/14/2025
Substitute #3
2/6/2025
Substitute #2
1/29/2025
Substitute #1
1/22/2025
Introduced
12/27/2024