Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 95 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Petersen, Michael J.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/24/2025

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• requires the lieutenant governor to provide, on the website relating to political financial disclosures, the ability to search across all disclosures made by filing entities to identify contributions or expenditures made by a particular person.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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20A-11-103
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Financial Disclosure Revisions
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Michael J. Petersen
Senate Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions of the Election Code relating to financial disclosures.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
 requires the lieutenant governor to provide, on the website relating to political financial 
disclosures, the ability to search across all disclosures made by filing entities to identify 
contributions or expenditures made by a particular person.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
20A-11-103
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 443
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
20A-11-103
 is amended to read:
20A-11-103
. Notice of pending interim and summary reports -- Form of 
submission -- Public availability -- Notice of reporting and filing requirements.
(1)
(a)
Except as provided under Subsection (1)(b), 10 days before an interim report or 
summary report is due under this chapter or Chapter 12, Part 2, Judicial Retention 
Elections, the chief election officer shall inform the filing entity by electronic mail 
unless postal mail is requested:
(i)
that the financial statement is due;
(ii)
of the date that the financial statement is due; and
(iii)
of the penalty for failing to file the financial statement.
(b)
The chief election officer is not required to provide notice:
(i)
to a candidate or political party of the financial statement that is due before the 
candidate's or political party's political convention;
(ii)
of a financial statement due in connection with a public hearing for an initiative 
under the requirements of Section 
20A-7-204.1
; or
(iii)
to a corporation or labor organization, as defined in Section 
20A-11-1501
.
(2)
A filing entity shall electronically file a financial statement via electronic mail or the 
Internet according to specifications established by the chief election officer.
(3)
(a)
A financial statement is considered timely filed if the financial statement is 
received by the chief election officer's office before midnight, Mountain Time, at the 
end of the day on which the financial statement is due.
(b)
For a county clerk's office that is not open until midnight at the end of the day on 
which a financial statement is due, the county clerk shall permit a candidate to file 
the financial statement via email or another electronic means designated by the 
county clerk.
(c)
A chief election officer may extend the time in which a filing entity is required to file 
a financial statement if a filing entity notifies the chief election officer of the 
existence of an extenuating circumstance that is outside the control of the filing entity.
(4)
Notwithstanding any provision of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access 
and Management Act, the lieutenant governor shall:
(a)
make each campaign finance statement filed by a candidate available for public 
inspection and copying no later than one business day after the statement is filed; and
(b)
post on a website established by the lieutenant governor:
(i)
an electronic copy or the contents of each summary report or interim report filed 
under the requirements of this chapter or Chapter 12, Part 2, Judicial Retention 
Elections, no later than three business days after the date on which the summary 
report or interim report is electronically filed; or
(ii)
for a campaign finance statement filed under the requirements of Section 
10-3-208
, 
for a municipality, or Section 
17-16-6.5
, for a county, a link to the municipal or 
county website that hosts the campaign finance statement, no later than seven 
business days after the date on which the lieutenant governor receives the link 
from:
(A)
the municipal clerk or recorder, in accordance with Subsection 
10-3-208
(10)(b)(ii); or
(B)
the county clerk, in accordance with Subsection 
17-16-6.5
(18)(b)(ii).
(5)
The lieutenant governor shall provide, on the website described in Subsection 
(4)(b)
, the 
ability for an individual to search across disclosures made by all filing entities to identify 
contributions or expenditures made by a specific person.
(5)
(6)
Between January 1 and January 15 of each year, the chief election officer shall 
provide notice, by postal mail or email, to each filing entity for which the chief election 
officer has a physical or email address, of the reporting and filing requirements 
described in this chapter.
Section 2. 
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on 
January 1, 2026
.
3-7-25 9:55 PM