Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB263: Election Record Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 27, 2025
This bill amends provisions related to records created or used during an election.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text:
0 Election Record Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Norman K Thurston Senate Sponsor: Brady Brammer LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends provisions related to records created or used during an election. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - makes the recorded video of ballot processing a public record for purposes of the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA); - specifies that an election officer shall retain and preserve ballot chain of custody documentation created during an election; - clarifies that an election officer shall package and retain the election database, cast vote record, and other materials used in the programming of automatic tabulating equipment; - for an election administered by a county clerk: - directs the county clerk to make, preserve, and retain for at least 12 years an electronic copy of certain election material; - authorizes, in certain circumstances, the county clerk or county legislative body to examine the electronic copy of election material to conduct research related to an election; - requires the county clerk to grant certain governmental entities access to the electronic copy of election material to conduct research related to an election; and - creates a process for a governmental entity to conduct a multi-county review of the electronic copy of election material; - specifies that an electronic …
Sponsors
- Norman Thurston (R, 62) · primary sponsor
- Brady Brammer (R, 21)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
Votes
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (March 7, 2025): 24 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (March 7, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 7, 2025): 10 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 4, 2025): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (March 3, 2025): 69 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Election Administration, Government Records, REITZ, AARON F. (NM0TC), Election Law
Common questions
- What is HB263?
- HB263 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Election Record Amendments.
- What does HB263 do?
- This bill amends provisions related to records created or used during an election.
- What is the status of HB263?
- Signed into law as of March 27, 2025. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB263?
- Norman Thurston (R, 62), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB263?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0263.html
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