Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 270 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Lee, Trevor

Final action

House/ filed 3/7/2025

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• modifies and recodifies provisions relating to:
• the information in a voter registration record that is available to a person based on the capacity in which the person requests the information; and
• the requirements to obtain additional privacy protection for a voter registration record;
• provides that a voter's voter registration record that, before January 1, 2027, was classified as private without requiring a reason for the classification will be reclassified as a public voter registration record, unless the voter takes certain action to obtain additional protection for the voter's voter registration record;
• requires an election officer to notify a voter whose voter registration is subject to reclassification as described in the preceding paragraph in order to give the voter an opportunity to apply for additional protection for the voter's voter registration record;
• requires the assignment of new voter identification numbers;
• modifies the voter registration form to reflect the changes made in this bill and to give a voter the option of opting into receiving electronic communications from a political party with which the voter affiliates;
• establishes a voter registration subscription service for a state political party and provides the ability for a state political party to verify membership in the party;
• provides for release to a political party of information relating to the number of at-risk voters in the state and in individual state House of Representatives districts;
• establishes additional requirements to ensure the removal of deceased individuals from voter registration records;
• modifies penalties that may be imposed in relation to the unlawful disclosure of a voter registration record;
• makes technical and conforming changes;

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Bill text

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20A-2-104
20A-2-108
20A-2-204
20A-2-505
20A-2-601
20A-2-602
20A-2-603
20A-2-604
20A-2-605
20A-2-606
20A-2-607
20A-3a-401
20A-5-410
20A-6-105
63G-2-301
63G-2-302
63G-2-303
Voter Registration Records Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Trevor Lee
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions relating to voter registration records. 
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
defines terms;
modifies and recodifies provisions relating to:
the information in a voter registration record that is available to a person based on the 
capacity in which the person requests the information; and
the requirements to obtain additional privacy protection for a voter registration record;
provides that a voter's voter registration record that, before May 7, 2025, was classified as 
private without requiring a reason for the classification will be reclassified as a public 
voter registration record, unless the voter takes certain action to obtain additional 
protection for the voter's voter registration record;
requires an election officer to notify a voter whose voter registration is subject to 
reclassification as described in the preceding paragraph in order to give the voter an 
opportunity to apply for additional protection for the voter's voter registration record;
requires the assignment of new voter identification numbers; 
modifies the voter registration form to reflect the changes made in this bill; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
20A-2-104
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapters 327, 406
20A-2-108
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 406
20A-2-204
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 237
20A-2-505
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapters 327, 406 and renumbered 
and amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 297
20A-3a-401
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 477
20A-5-410
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 248
20A-6-105
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 406
63G-2-301
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapters 255, 399
63G-2-302
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 234
63G-2-303
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 465
ENACTS:
20A-2-601
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
20A-2-602
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
20A-2-603
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
20A-2-604
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
20A-2-605
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
20A-2-606
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
20A-2-607
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
20A-2-104
 is amended to read:
20A-2-104. Voter registration form -- Registered voter lists -- Fees for copies.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Candidate for public office" means an individual:
(i)
who files a declaration of candidacy for a public office;
(ii)
who files a notice of intent to gather signatures under Section 
20A-9-408
; or
(iii)
employed by, under contract with, or a volunteer of, an individual described in 
Subsection 
(1)(a)(i)
 or 
(ii)
 for political campaign purposes.
(b)
"Dating violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
78B-7-402
 and the 
federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994, as amended.
(c)
"Domestic violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
77-36-1
 and the 
federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994, as amended.
(d)
"Hash Code" means a code generated by applying an algorithm to a set of data to produce 
a code that:
(i)
uniquely represents the set of data;
(ii)
is always the same if the same algorithm is applied to the same set of data; and
(iii)
cannot be reversed to reveal the data applied to the algorithm.
(e)
"Protected individual" means an individual:
(i)
who submits a withholding request form with the individual's voter registration record, or 
to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the individual indicates on the form that the 
individual, or an individual who resides with the individual, is a victim of domestic 
violence or dating violence or is likely to be a victim of domestic violence or dating 
violence;
(ii)
who submits a withholding request form with the individual's voter registration record, or 
to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the individual indicates on the form and 
provides verification that the individual, or an individual who resides with the individual, is 
a law enforcement officer, a member of the armed forces as defined in Section 
20A-1-513
, 
a public figure, or protected by a protective order or protection order; or
(iii)
whose voter registration record was classified as a private record at the request of the 
individual before May 12, 2020.
(2)
(1)
(a)
An individual applying for voter registration, or an individual preregistering to vote, 
shall complete a voter registration form in substantially the following form:
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UTAH ELECTION REGISTRATION FORM
Are you a citizen of the United States of America?
Yes
No
If you checked "no" to the above question, do not complete this form.
Will you be 18 years of age on or before election day?
Yes
No
If you checked "no" to the above question, are you 16 or 17 years of age and 
preregistering to vote?
Yes
No
If you checked "no" to both of the prior two questions, do not complete this form.
Name of Voter
 _________________________________________________________________
First 
Middle 
 Last
Utah Driver License or Utah Identification Card 
Number____________________________
Date of Birth ______________________________________________________
Street Address of Principal Place of Residence
____________________________________________________________________________
City 
 County 
 State 
 Zip Code
Telephone Number (optional) _________________________
Email Address (optional) _____________________________________________
Last four digits of Social Security Number ______________________
Last former address at which I was registered to vote (if 
known)__________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
City
County
State
 Zip Code
Political Party
(a listing of each registered political party, as defined in Section 
20A-8-101
 and 
maintained by the lieutenant governor under Section 
67-1a-2
, with each party's name preceded 
by a checkbox)
Unaffiliated (no political party preference) 
Other (Please 
specify)___________________
I do swear (or affirm), subject to penalty of law for false statements, that the information 
contained in this form is true, and that I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the 
state of Utah, residing at the above address. Unless I have indicated above that I am 
preregistering to vote in a later election, I will be at least 18 years of age and will have resided 
in Utah for 30 days immediately before the next election. I am not a convicted felon currently 
incarcerated for commission of a felony.
Signed and sworn
__________________________________________________________
Voter's Signature
_______________(month/day/year).
PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such 
as your name and address, some information that is available only to government entities, and 
some information that is available only to certain third parties in accordance with the 
requirements of law.
Your driver license number, identification card number, social security number, email 
address, full date of birth, and phone number are available only to government entities. Your 
year of birth is available to political parties, candidates for public office, certain third parties, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, in accordance with the requirements of law.
You may request that all information on your voter registration records be withheld 
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by indicating here:
_____ Yes, I request that all information on my voter registration records be withheld 
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that identifying 
information on your voter registration records be withheld from all political parties, candidates 
for public office, and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a 
withholding request form, and any required verification, as described in the following 
paragraphs.
A person may request that identifying information on the person's voter registration 
records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their 
contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form with this 
registration record, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the person is or is likely 
to be, or resides with a person who is or is likely to be, a victim of domestic violence or dating 
violence.
A person may request that identifying information on the person's voter registration 
records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their 
contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form and any 
required verification with this registration form, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, 
if the person is, or resides with a person who is, a law enforcement officer, a member of the 
armed forces, a public figure, or protected by a protective order or a protection order.
PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such as 
your voter identification number and address. Your name, in connection with your voter 
identification number, is available only to a political party with which you choose to affiliate, 
if any. Your driver license number, state identification card number, social security number, 
email address, date of birth, and phone number are available only to government entities.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that your entire voter 
registration record be withheld from all persons, other than government entities, by submitting 
to the county clerk, either with this registration form or at a later time:
 a withholding request form indicating that you are or are likely to be, or that you reside 
with a person who is or is likely to be, a victim of domestic violence or dating violence, 
together with the verification required by law; or
 a withholding request form indicating that you are, or reside with a person who is, a law 
enforcement officer, a member of the armed forces, a public figure, or protected by a 
protective order or a protection order, together with the verification required by law.
CITIZENSHIP AFFIDAVIT
Name:
Name at birth, if different:
Place of birth:
Date of birth:
Date and place of naturalization (if applicable):
I hereby swear and affirm, under penalties for voting fraud set forth below, that I am a 
citizen and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information above is true and 
correct.
____________________________
Signature of Applicant
In accordance with Section 
20A-2-401
, the penalty for willfully causing, procuring, or 
allowing yourself to be registered or preregistered to vote if you know you are not entitled to 
register or preregister to vote is up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500.
NOTICE: IN ORDER TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE, YOU MUST PRESENT VALID 
VOTER IDENTIFICATION TO THE POLL WORKER BEFORE VOTING, WHICH MUST 
BE A VALID FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION THAT SHOWS YOUR NAME AND 
PHOTOGRAPH; OR
TWO DIFFERENT FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION THAT SHOW YOUR NAME 
AND CURRENT ADDRESS.
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Type of I.D. ____________________________
Voting Precinct _________________________
Voting I.D. Number _____________________
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(b)
The voter registration form described in Subsection 
(2)(a)
 shall include a section in 
substantially the following form:
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BALLOT NOTIFICATIONS
If you have provided a phone number or email address, you can receive notifications by 
text message or email regarding the status of a ballot that is mailed to you or a ballot that you 
deposit in the mail or in a ballot drop box, by indicating here:
______ Yes, I would like to receive electronic notifications regarding the status of my 
ballot.
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(c)
(i)
Except as provided under Subsection 
(2)(c)(ii)
(1)(c)(ii)
, the county clerk shall 
retain a copy of each voter registration form in a permanent countywide 
alphabetical file, which may be electronic or some other recognized system.
(ii)
The county clerk may transfer a superseded voter registration form to the 
Division of Archives and Records Service created under Section 
63A-12-101
.
(3)
(2)
(a)
Each county clerk shall retain 
lists
a list
 of currently registered voters.
(b)
The lieutenant governor shall maintain a list of registered voters in electronic form.
(c)
If there are any discrepancies between the two lists, the county clerk's list is the 
official list.
(d)
The lieutenant governor and the county clerks may charge the fees established under 
the authority of Subsection 
63G-2-203(10)
 to 
individuals who wish
a person who 
wishes
 to obtain a copy of the list of registered voters.
(4)
(a)
As used in this Subsection 
(4)
, "qualified person" means:
(i)
a government official or government employee acting in the government official's or 
government employee's capacity as a government official or a government employee;
(ii)
a health care provider, as defined in Section 
26B-8-501
, or an agent, employee, or 
independent contractor of a health care provider;
(iii)
an insurance company, as defined in Section 
67-4a-102
, or an agent, employee, or 
independent contractor of an insurance company;
(iv)
a financial institution, as defined in Section 
7-1-103
, or an agent, employee, or 
independent contractor of a financial institution;
(v)
a political party, or an agent, employee, or independent contractor of a political party;
(vi)
a candidate for public office, or an employee, independent contractor, or volunteer of a 
candidate for public office;
(vii)
a person described in Subsections 
(4)(a)(i)
 through 
(vi)
 who, after obtaining a year of 
birth from the list of registered voters:
(A)
provides the year of birth only to a person described in Subsections 
(4)(a)(i)
 through 
(vii)
;
(B)
verifies that the person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(vii)(A)
 is a person described in 
Subsections 
(4)(a)(i)
 through 
(vii)
;
(C)
ensures, using industry standard security measures, that the year of birth may not be 
accessed by a person other than a person described in Subsections 
(4)(a)(i)
 through 
(vii)
;
(D)
verifies that each person described in Subsections 
(4)(a)(ii)
 through 
(iv)
 to whom the 
person provides the year of birth will only use the year of birth to verify the accuracy of 
personal information submitted by an individual or to confirm the identity of a person in 
order to prevent fraud, waste, or abuse;
(E)
verifies that each person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(i)
 to whom the person provides 
the year of birth will only use the year of birth in the person's capacity as a government 
official or government employee; and
(F)
verifies that each person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
 to whom the person 
provides the year of birth will only use the year of birth for a political purpose of the 
political party or candidate for public office; or
(viii)
a person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
 who, after obtaining information under 
Subsection 
(4)(n)
 and 
(o)
:
(A)
provides the information only to another person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
;
(B)
verifies that the other person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(viii)(A)
 is a person described 
in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
;
(C)
ensures, using industry standard security measures, that the information may not be 
accessed by a person other than a person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
; and
(D)
verifies that each person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
 to whom the person 
provides the information will only use the information for a political purpose of the 
political party or candidate for public office.
(b)
Notwithstanding Subsection 
63G-2-302(1)(j)(iv)
, and except as provided in Subsection 
63G-2-302(1)(k)
 or 
(l)
, the lieutenant governor or a county clerk shall, when providing the 
list of registered voters to a qualified person under this section, include, with the list, the 
years of birth of the registered voters, if:
(i)
the lieutenant governor or a county clerk verifies the identity of the person and that the 
person is a qualified person; and
(ii)
the qualified person signs a document that includes the following:
(A)
the name, address, and telephone number of the person requesting the list of registered 
voters;
(B)
an indication of the type of qualified person that the person requesting the list claims to be;
(C)
a statement regarding the purpose for which the person desires to obtain the years of birth;
(D)
a list of the purposes for which the qualified person may use the year of birth of a 
registered voter that is obtained from the list of registered voters;
(E)
a statement that the year of birth of a registered voter that is obtained from the list of 
registered voters may not be provided or used for a purpose other than a purpose described 
under Subsection 
(4)(b)(ii)(D)
;
(F)
a statement that if the person obtains the year of birth of a registered voter from the list of 
registered voters under false pretenses, or provides or uses the year of birth of a registered 
voter that is obtained from the list of registered voters in a manner that is prohibited by law, 
is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and is subject to a civil fine;
(G)
an assertion from the person that the person will not provide or use the year of birth of a 
registered voter that is obtained from the list of registered voters in a manner that is 
prohibited by law; and
(H)
notice that if the person makes a false statement in the document, the person is punishable 
by law under Section 
76-8-504
.
(c)
The lieutenant governor or a county clerk:
(i)
may not disclose the year of birth of a registered voter to a person that the lieutenant 
governor or county clerk reasonably believes:
(A)
is not a qualified person or a person described in Subsection 
(4)(l)
; or
(B)
will provide or use the year of birth in a manner prohibited by law; and
(ii)
may not disclose information under Subsections 
(4)(n)
 or 
(o)
 to a person that the 
lieutenant governor or county clerk reasonably believes:
(A)
is not a person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
; or
(B)
will provide or use the information in a manner prohibited by law.
(d)
The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose the voter registration form of a 
person, or information included in the person's voter registration form, whose voter 
registration form is classified as private under Subsection 
(4)(h)
 to a person other than:
(i)
a government official or government employee acting in the government official's or 
government employee's capacity as a government official or government employee; or
(ii)
subject to Subsection 
(4)(e)
, a person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
 for a 
political purpose.
(e)
(i)
Except as provided in Subsection 
(4)(e)(ii)
, when disclosing a record or information 
under Subsection 
(4)(d)(ii)
, the lieutenant governor or county clerk shall exclude the 
information described in Subsection 
63G-2-302(1)(j)
, other than the year of birth.
(ii)
If disclosing a record or information under Subsection 
(4)(d)(ii)
 in relation to the voter 
registration record of a protected individual, the lieutenant governor or county clerk shall 
comply with Subsections 
(4)(n)
 through 
(p)
.
(f)
The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose a withholding request form, 
described in Subsections 
(7)
 and 
(8)
, submitted by an individual, or information obtained 
from that form, to a person other than a government official or government employee acting 
in the government official's or government employee's capacity as a government official or 
government employee.
(g)
A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if the person:
(i)
obtains from the list of registered voters, under false pretenses, the year of birth of a 
registered voter or information described in Subsection 
(4)(n)
 or 
(o)
;
(ii)
uses or provides the year of birth of a registered voter, or information described in 
Subsection 
(4)(n)
 or 
(o)
, that is obtained from the list of registered voters in a manner that is 
not permitted by law;
(iii)
obtains a voter registration record described in Subsection 
63G-2-302(1)(k)
 under false 
pretenses;
(iv)
uses or provides information obtained from a voter registration record described in 
Subsection 
63G-2-302(1)(k)
 in a manner that is not permitted by law;
(v)
unlawfully discloses or obtains a voter registration record withheld under Subsection 
(7)
or a withholding request form described in Subsections 
(7)
 and 
(8)
; or
(vi)
unlawfully discloses or obtains information from a voter registration record withheld 
under Subsection 
(7)
 or a withholding request form described in Subsections 
(7)
 and 
(8)
.
(h)
The lieutenant governor or a county clerk shall classify the voter registration record of a 
voter as a private record if the voter:
(i)
submits a written application, created by the lieutenant governor, requesting that the voter's 
voter registration record be classified as private;
(ii)
requests on the voter's voter registration form that the voter's voter registration record be 
classified as a private record; or
(iii)
submits a withholding request form described in Subsection 
(7)
 and any required 
verification.
(i)
Except as provided in Subsections 
(4)(d)(ii)
 and 
(e)(ii)
, the lieutenant governor or a county 
clerk may not disclose to a person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
 a voter 
registration record, or information obtained from a voter registration record, if the record is 
withheld under Subsection 
(7)
.
(j)
In addition to any criminal penalty that may be imposed under this section, the lieutenant 
governor may impose a civil fine against a person who violates a provision of this section, 
in an amount equal to the greater of:
(i)
the product of 30 and the square root of the total number of:
(A)
records obtained, provided, or used unlawfully, rounded to the nearest whole dollar; or
(B)
records from which information is obtained, provided, or used unlawfully, rounded to the 
nearest whole dollar; or
(ii)
$200.
(k)
A qualified person may not obtain, provide, or use the year of birth of a registered voter, if 
the year of birth is obtained from the list of registered voters or from a voter registration 
record, unless the person:
(i)
is a government official or government employee who obtains, provides, or uses the year 
of birth in the government official's or government employee's capacity as a government 
official or government employee;
(ii)
is a qualified person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(ii)
, 
(iii)
, or 
(iv)
 and obtains or uses the 
year of birth only to verify the accuracy of personal information submitted by an individual 
or to confirm the identity of a person in order to prevent fraud, waste, or abuse;
(iii)
is a qualified person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
 and obtains, provides, or 
uses the year of birth for a political purpose of the political party or candidate for public 
office; or
(iv)
is a qualified person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(vii)
 and obtains, provides, or uses the 
year of birth to provide the year of birth to another qualified person to verify the accuracy 
of personal information submitted by an individual or to confirm the identity of a person in 
order to prevent fraud, waste, or abuse.
(l)
The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may provide a year of birth to a member of the 
media, in relation to an individual designated by the member of the media, in order for the 
member of the media to verify the identity of the individual.
(m)
A person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
 may not use or disclose information 
from a voter registration record for a purpose other than a political purpose.
(n)
Notwithstanding Subsection 
63G-2-302(1)(k)
 or 
(l)
, the lieutenant governor or a county 
clerk shall, when providing the list of registered voters to a qualified person described in 
Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
, include, from the record of a voter whose record is withheld 
under Subsection 
(7)
, the information described in Subsection 
(4)(o)
, if:
(i)
the lieutenant governor or a county clerk verifies the identity of the person and that the 
person is a qualified person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
; and
(ii)
the qualified person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
 signs a document that 
includes the following:
(A)
the name, address, and telephone number of the person requesting the list of registered 
voters;
(B)
an indication of the type of qualified person that the person requesting the list claims to be;
(C)
a statement regarding the purpose for which the person desires to obtain the information;
(D)
a list of the purposes for which the qualified person may use the information;
(E)
a statement that the information may not be provided or used for a purpose other than a 
purpose described under Subsection 
(4)(n)(ii)(D)
;
(F)
a statement that if the person obtains the information under false pretenses, or provides or 
uses the information in a manner that is prohibited by law, the person is guilty of a class A 
misdemeanor and is subject to a civil fine;
(G)
an assertion from the person that the person will not provide or use the information in a 
manner that is prohibited by law; and
(H)
notice that if the person makes a false statement in the document, the person is punishable 
by law under Section 
76-8-504
.
(o)
Except as provided in Subsection 
(4)(p)
, the information that the lieutenant governor or a 
county clerk is required to provide, under Subsection 
(4)(n)
, from the record of a protected 
individual is:
(i)
a single hash code, generated from a string of data that includes both the voter's voter 
identification number and residential address;
(ii)
the voter's residential address;
(iii)
the voter's mailing address, if different from the voter's residential address;
(iv)
the party affiliation of the voter;
(v)
the precinct number for the voter's residential address;
(vi)
the voter's voting history; and
(vii)
a designation of which age group, of the following age groups, the voter falls within:
(A)
25 or younger;
(B)
26 through 35;
(C)
36 through 45;
(D)
46 through 55;
(E)
56 through 65;
(F)
66 through 75; or
(G)
76 or older.
(p)
The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose:
(i)
information described in Subsection 
(4)(o)
 that, due to a small number of voters affiliated 
with a particular political party, or due to another reason, would likely reveal the identity of 
a voter if disclosed; or
(ii)
the address described in Subsection 
(4)(o)(iii)
 if the lieutenant governor or the county 
clerk determines that the nature of the address would directly reveal sensitive information 
about the voter.
(q)
A qualified person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(v)
 or 
(vi)
, may not obtain, provide, or 
use the information described in Subsection 
(4)(n)
 or 
(o)
, except to the extent that the 
qualified person uses the information for a political purpose of a political party or candidate 
for public office.
(5)
(3)
When political parties not listed on the voter registration form qualify as registered 
political parties under 
Title 20A, Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures
, 
the lieutenant governor shall inform the county clerks of the name of the new political 
party and direct the county clerks to ensure that the voter registration form is modified to 
include that political party.
(6)
(4)
Upon receipt of a voter registration form from an applicant, the county clerk or the 
clerk's designee shall:
(a)
review each voter registration form for completeness and accuracy; and
(b)
if the county clerk believes, based upon a review of the form, that an individual may 
be seeking to register or preregister to vote who is not legally entitled to register or 
preregister to vote, refer the form to the county attorney for investigation and 
possible prosecution.
(7)
The lieutenant governor or a county clerk shall withhold from a person, other than a 
person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)(i)
, the voter registration record, and information 
obtained from the voter registration record, of a protected individual.
(8)
(a)
The lieutenant governor shall design and distribute the withholding request form 
described in Subsection 
(7)
 to each election officer and to each agency that provides a voter 
registration form.
(b)
An individual described in Subsection 
(1)(e)(i)
 is not required to provide verification, 
other than the individual's attestation and signature on the withholding request form, that 
the individual, or an individual who resides with the individual, is a victim of domestic 
violence or dating violence or is likely to be a victim of domestic violence or dating 
violence.
(c)
The director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall make rules, in 
accordance with 
Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act
, establishing 
requirements for providing the verification described in Subsection 
(1)(e)(ii)
.
(9)
An election officer or an employee of an election officer may not encourage an individual 
to submit, or discourage an individual from submitting, a withholding request form.
(10)
(a)
The lieutenant governor shall make and execute a plan to provide notice to registered 
voters who are protected individuals, that includes the following information:
(i)
that the voter's classification of the record as private remains in effect;
(ii)
that certain non-identifying information from the voter's voter registration record may, 
under certain circumstances, be released to political parties and candidates for public office;
(iii)
that the voter's name, driver license or identification card number, social security number, 
email address, phone number, and the voter's day, month, and year of birth will remain 
private and will not be released to political parties or candidates for public office;
(iv)
that a county clerk will only release the information to political parties and candidates in a 
manner that does not associate the information with a particular voter; and
(v)
that a county clerk may, under certain circumstances, withhold other information that the 
county clerk determines would reveal identifying information about the voter.
(b)
The lieutenant governor may include in the notice described in this Subsection 
(10)
 a 
statement that a voter may obtain additional information on the lieutenant governor's 
website.
(c)
The plan described in Subsection 
(10)(a)
 may include providing the notice described in 
Subsection 
(10)(a)
 by:
(i)
publication on the Utah Public Notice Website, created in Section 
63A-16-601
;
(ii)
publication on the lieutenant governor's website or a county's website;
(iii)
posting the notice in public locations;
(iv)
publication in a newspaper;
(v)
sending notification to the voters by electronic means;
(vi)
sending notice by other methods used by government entities to communicate with 
citizens; or
(vii)
providing notice by any other method.
(d)
The lieutenant governor shall provide the notice included in a plan described in this 
Subsection 
(10)
 before June 16, 2023.
Section 2, Section 
20A-2-108
 is amended to read:
20A-2-108. Driver license or state identification card registration form -- 
Transmittal of information.
(1)
As used in this section, "qualifying form" means:
(a)
a driver license application form; or
(b)
a state identification card application form.
(2)
The lieutenant governor and the Driver License Division shall design each qualifying 
form to include:
(a)
the following question, which an applicant is required to answer: "Do you authorize 
the use of information in this form for voter registration purposes? YES____ 
NO____";
(b)
the following statement:
"PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such 
as your name and address, some information that is available only to government entities, and 
some information that is available only to certain third parties in accordance with the 
requirements of law.
Your driver license number, identification card number, social security number, email 
address, full date of birth, and phone number are available only to government entities. Your 
year of birth is available to political parties, candidates for public office, certain third parties, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, in accordance with the requirements of law.
You may request that all information on your voter registration records be withheld 
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by indicating here:
_____ Yes, I request that all information on my voter registration records be withheld 
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that identifying 
information on your voter registration records be withheld from all political parties, candidates 
for public office, and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a 
withholding request form, and any required verification, as described in the following 
paragraphs.
A person may request that identifying information on the person's voter registration 
records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their 
contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form with this 
registration record, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the person is or is likely 
to be, or resides with a person who is or is likely to be, a victim of domestic violence or dating 
violence.
A person may request that identifying information on the person's voter registration 
records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their 
contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form and any 
required verification with this registration form, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, 
if the person is, or resides with a person who is, a law enforcement officer, a member of the 
armed forces, a public figure, or protected by a protective order or a protection order."; and
"PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such as 
your voter identification number and address. Your name, in connection with your voter 
identification number, is available only to a political party with which you choose to affiliate, 
if any. Your driver license number, state identification card number, social security number, 
email address, date of birth, and phone number are available only to government entities.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that your entire voter 
registration record be withheld from all persons, other than government entities, by submitting 
to the county clerk, either with this registration form or at a later time:
a withholding request form indicating that you are or are likely to be, or that you reside 
with a person who is or is likely to be, a victim of domestic violence or dating violence, 
together with the verification required by law; or
 a withholding request form indicating that you are, or reside with a person who is, a law 
enforcement officer, a member of the armed forces, a public figure, or protected by a 
protective order or a protection order, together with the verification required by law."; and
(c)
a section in substantially the following form:
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BALLOT NOTIFICATIONS
If you have provided a phone number or email address, you can receive notifications by 
text message or email regarding the status of a ballot that is mailed to you or a ballot that you 
deposit in the mail or in a ballot drop box, by indicating here:
______ Yes, I would like to receive electronic notifications regarding the status of my 
ballot.
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(3)
The lieutenant governor and the Driver License Division shall ensure that a qualifying 
form contains:
(a)
a place for an individual to affirm the individual's citizenship, voting eligibility, and 
Utah residency, and that the information provided in the form is true;
(b)
a records disclosure that is similar to the records disclosure on a voter registration 
form described in Section 
20A-2-104
;
(c)
a statement that if an applicant declines to register or preregister to vote, the fact that 
the applicant has declined to register or preregister will remain confidential and will 
be used only for voter registration purposes;
(d)
a statement that if an applicant does register or preregister to vote, the office at which 
the applicant submits a voter registration application will remain confidential and will 
be used only for voter registration purposes; and
(e)
if the applicant answers "yes" to the question described in Subsection 
(2)(a)
, a space 
where an individual may, if desired:
(i)
indicate the individual's desired political affiliation from a listing of each 
registered political party, as defined in Section 
20A-8-101
;
(ii)
specify a political party that is not listed under Subsection 
(3)(e)(i)
 with which the 
individual desires to affiliate; or
(iii)
indicate that the individual does not wish to affiliate with a political party.
Section 3, Section 
20A-2-204
 is amended to read:
20A-2-204. Registering to vote when applying for or renewing a driver license.
(1)
As used in this section, "voter registration form" means, when an individual named on a 
qualifying form, as defined in Section 
20A-2-108
, answers "yes" to the question 
described in Subsection 
20A-2-108(2)(a)
, the information on the qualifying form that 
can be used for voter registration purposes.
(2)
(a)
Except as provided in Subsection 
(2)(b)
, a citizen who is qualified to vote may 
register to vote, and a citizen who is qualified to preregister to vote may preregister to 
vote, by answering "yes" to the question described in Subsection 
20A-2-108(2)(a)
and completing the voter registration form.
(b)
A citizen who is a program participant in the Safe at Home Program created in 
Section 
77-38-602
 is not eligible to register to vote as described in Subsection 
(2)(a)
, 
but is eligible to register to vote by any other means described in this part.
(3)
The Driver License Division shall:
(a)
assist an individual in completing the voter registration form unless the individual 
refuses assistance;
(b)
electronically transmit each address change to the lieutenant governor within five 
days after the day on which the division receives the address change; and
(c)
within five days after the day on which the division receives a voter registration 
form, electronically transmit the form to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 
including the following for the individual named on the form:
(i)
the name, date of birth, driver license or state identification card number, last four 
digits of the social security number, Utah residential address, place of birth, and 
signature;
(ii)
a mailing address, if different from the individual's Utah residential address;
(iii)
an email address and phone number, if available;
(iv)
the desired political affiliation, if indicated;
 and
(v)
an indication of whether the individual requested that the individual's voter registration 
record be classified as a private record under Subsection 
20A-2-108(2)(b)
; and
(vi)
(v)
a withholding request form described in 
Subsections 
20A-2-104(7)
 and 
(8)
Subsection 
20A-2-606(5)
 and any verification submitted with the form.
(4)
Upon receipt of an individual's voter registration form from the Driver License Division 
under Subsection 
(3)
, the lieutenant governor shall:
(a)
enter the information into the statewide voter registration database; and
(b)
if the individual 
requests on the individual's voter registration form that the 
individual's voter registration record be classified as a private record or the individual 
submits a withholding request form described in 
Subsections 
20A-2-104(7)
 and 
(8)
Subsection 
20A-2-606(5)
 and any required verification, classify the individual's voter 
registration record as a private record.
(5)
The county clerk of an individual whose information is entered into the statewide voter 
registration database under Subsection 
(4)
 shall:
(a)
ensure that the individual meets the qualifications to be registered or preregistered to 
vote; and
(b)
(i)
if the individual meets the qualifications to be registered to vote:
(A)
ensure that the individual is assigned to the proper voting precinct; and
(B)
send the individual the notice described in Section 
20A-2-304
; or
(ii)
if the individual meets the qualifications to be preregistered to vote, process the 
form in accordance with the requirements of Section 
20A-2-101.1
.
(6)
(a)
When the county clerk receives a correctly completed voter registration form 
under this section, the clerk shall:
(i)
comply with the applicable provisions of this Subsection 
(6)
; or
(ii)
if the individual is preregistering to vote, comply with Section 
20A-2-101.1
.
(b)
If the county clerk receives a correctly completed voter registration form under this 
section no later than 5 p.m. or, if submitting the form electronically, midnight, 11 
calendar days before the date of an election, the county clerk shall:
(i)
accept the voter registration form; and
(ii)
unless the individual is preregistering to vote:
(A)
enter the individual's name on the list of registered voters for the voting 
precinct in which the individual resides; and
(B)
notify the individual that the individual is registered to vote in the upcoming 
election; and
(iii)
if the individual named in the form is preregistering to vote, comply with Section 
20A-2-101.1
.
(c)
If the county clerk receives a correctly completed voter registration form under this 
section after the deadline described in Subsection 
(6)(b)
, the county clerk shall, 
unless the individual named in the form is preregistering to vote:
(i)
accept the application for registration of the individual;
(ii)
process the voter registration form; and
(iii)
unless the individual is preregistering to vote, and except as provided in 
Subsection 
20A-2-207(6)
, inform the individual that the individual will not be 
registered to vote in the pending election, unless the individual registers to vote by 
provisional ballot during the early voting period, if applicable, or on election day, 
in accordance with Section 
20A-2-207
.
(7)
(a)
If the county clerk determines that an individual's voter registration form received 
from the Driver License Division is incorrect because of an error, because the form is 
incomplete, or because the individual does not meet the qualifications to be registered 
to vote, the county clerk shall mail notice to the individual stating that the individual 
has not been registered or preregistered because of an error, because the registration 
form is incomplete, or because the individual does not meet the qualifications to be 
registered to vote.
(b)
If a county clerk believes, based upon a review of a voter registration form, that an 
individual, who knows that the individual is not legally entitled to register or 
preregister to vote, may be intentionally seeking to register or preregister to vote, the 
county clerk shall refer the form to the county attorney for investigation and possible 
prosecution.
Section 4, Section 
20A-2-505
 is amended to read:
20A-2-505. Removing names from the official register -- Determining and 
confirming change of residence.
(1)
A county clerk may not remove a voter's name from the official register on the grounds 
that the voter has changed residence unless the voter:
(a)
confirms in writing that the voter has changed residence to a place outside the 
county; or
(b)
(i)
does not vote in an election during the period beginning on the date of the 
notice described in Subsection 
(3)
, and ending on the day after the date of the 
second regular general election occurring after the date of the notice; and
(ii)
does not respond to the notice described in Subsection 
(3)
.
(2)
(a)
Within 31 days after the day on which a county clerk obtains information that a 
voter's address has changed, if it appears that the voter still resides within the same 
county, the county clerk shall:
(i)
change the official register to show the voter's new address; and
(ii)
send to the voter, by forwardable mail, the notice described in Subsection 
(3)
.
(b)
When a county clerk obtains information that a voter's address has changed and it 
appears that the voter now resides in a different county, the county clerk shall verify 
the changed residence by sending to the voter, by forwardable mail, the notice 
described in Subsection 
(3)
, printed on a postage prepaid, preaddressed return form.
(3)
(a)
Each county clerk shall use substantially the following form to notify voters whose 
addresses have changed:
"
VOTER REGISTRATION NOTICE
We have been notified that your residence has changed. Please read, complete, and 
return this form so that we can update our voter registration records. What is your current 
street address?
___________________________________________________________________________
Street 
 City 
County
State
Zip
What is your current phone number (optional)?________________________________
What is your current email address (optional)?_________________________________
If you have not changed your residence, or have moved but stayed within the same 
county, you must complete and return this form to the county clerk so that it is received by the 
county clerk before 5 p.m. no later than 30 days before the date of the election. If you fail to 
return this form within that time:
- you may be required to show evidence of your address to the poll worker before being 
allowed to vote in either of the next two regular general elections; or
- if you fail to vote at least once, from the date this notice was mailed until the passing of 
two regular general elections, you will no longer be registered to vote. If you have changed 
your residence and have moved to a different county in Utah, you may register to vote by 
contacting the county clerk in your county.
________________________________________
Signature of Voter
PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such 
as your name and address, some information that is available only to government entities, and 
some information that is available only to certain third parties in accordance with the 
requirements of law.
Your driver license number, identification card number, social security number, email 
address, full date of birth, and phone number are available only to government entities. Your 
year of birth is available to political parties, candidates for public office, certain third parties, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, in accordance with the requirements of law.
You may request that all information on your voter registration records be withheld 
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by indicating here:
_____ Yes, I request that all information on my voter registration records be withheld 
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that identifying 
information on your voter registration records be withheld from all political parties, candidates 
for public office, and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a 
withholding request form, and any required verification, as described in the following 
paragraphs.
A person may request that identifying information on the person's voter registration 
records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their 
contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form with this 
registration record, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the person is or is likely 
to be, or resides with a person who is or is likely to be, a victim of domestic violence or dating 
violence.
A person may request that identifying information on the person's voter registration 
records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their 
contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form and any 
required verification with this registration form, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, 
if the person is, or resides with a person who is, a law enforcement officer, a member of the 
armed forces, a public figure, or protected by a protective order or a protection order."
PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such as 
your voter identification number and address. Your name, in connection with your voter 
identification number, is available only to a political party with which you choose to affiliate, 
if any. Your driver license number, state identification card number, social security number, 
email address, date of birth, and phone number are available only to government entities.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that your entire voter 
registration record be withheld from all persons, other than government entities, by submitting 
to the county clerk, either with this registration form or at a later time:
 a withholding request form indicating that you are or are likely to be, or that you reside 
with a person who is or is likely to be, a victim of domestic violence or dating violence, 
together with the verification required by law; or
 a withholding request form indicating that you are, or reside with a person who is, a law 
enforcement officer, a member of the armed forces, a public figure, or protected by a 
protective order or a protection order, together with the verification required by law.
(b)
The form described in Subsection 
(3)(a)
 shall also include a section in substantially the 
following form:
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BALLOT NOTIFICATIONS
If you have provided a phone number or email address, you can receive notifications by 
text message or email regarding the status of a ballot that is mailed to you or a ballot that you 
deposit in the mail or in a ballot drop box, by indicating here:
______ Yes, I would like to receive electronic notifications regarding the status of my 
ballot.
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(4)
(a)
Except as provided in Subsection 
(4)(b)
, the county clerk may not remove the 
names of any voters from the official register during the 90 days before a regular 
primary election or the 90 days before a regular general election.
(b)
The county clerk may remove the names of voters from the official register during 
the 90 days before a regular primary election or the 90 days before a regular general 
election if:
(i)
the voter requests, in writing, that the voter's name be removed; or
(ii)
the voter dies.
(c)
(i)
After a county clerk mails a notice under this section, the county clerk shall, 
unless otherwise prohibited by law, list that voter as inactive.
(ii)
If a county clerk receives a returned voter identification card, determines that 
there was no clerical error causing the card to be returned, and has no further 
information to contact the voter, the county clerk shall, unless otherwise 
prohibited by law, list that voter as inactive.
(iii)
An inactive voter may vote, sign petitions, and have all other privileges of a 
registered voter.
(iv)
A county is not required to:
(A)
send routine mailings to an inactive voter; or
(B)
count inactive voters when dividing precincts and preparing supplies.
(5)
The lieutenant governor shall make available to a county clerk United States Social 
Security Administration data received by the lieutenant governor regarding deceased 
individuals.
(6)
A county clerk shall, within ten business days after the day on which the county clerk 
receives the information described in Subsection 
(5)
 or Subsections 
26B-8-114(11)
 and 
(12)
 relating to a decedent whose name appears on the official register, remove the 
decedent's name from the official register.
(7)
Ninety days before each primary and general election the lieutenant governor shall 
compare the information the lieutenant governor has received under Subsection 
26B-8-114(11)
 with the official register of voters to ensure that all deceased voters have 
been removed from the official register.
Section 5, Section 
20A-2-601
 is enacted to read:
20A-2-601. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1)
(a)
"At-risk voter" means:
(i)
a voter who is designated as an at-risk voter under Subsection 
20A-2-606(2)
 or 
(6), regardless of whether the voter files a subsequent voter registration form after 
receiving the designation, unless the voter loses status as an at-risk voter:
(A)
under Subsection 
20A-2-606(7)(b)
; or
(B)
by requesting that the lieutenant governor or county clerk remove the voter's 
status as an at-risk voter; or
(ii)
a preregistered voter.
(b)
"At-risk voter," before the lieutenant governor takes the action described in 
Subsection 
20A-2-602(2)
, includes a voter with a segregated record.
(2)
(a)
"Candidate for public office" means an individual:
(i)
who files a declaration of candidacy for a public office;
(ii)
who files a notice of intent to gather signatures under Section 
20A-9-408
; or
(iii)
who is employed by, under contract with, or a volunteer of, an individual 
described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii), who is authorized to act on behalf of the 
individual described in Subsection 
(2)(a)
(i) or (ii) for political purposes.
(b)
"Candidate for public office" does not include:
(i)
an individual described in Subsection 
(2)(a)(i)
 or (ii) who is eliminated as a 
candidate for:
(A)
failure to qualify for the primary election ballot via signature-gathering or 
convention;
(B)
failure to advance to the general election; or
(C)
any other reason provided by law; or
(ii)
an individual who is employed by, under contract with, or a volunteer of, an 
individual described in Subsection 
(2)(b)(i)
.
(3)
"Dating violence" means the same as that term is defined in the federal Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994, as amended.
(4)
"Domestic violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
77-36-1
 and the 
federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994, as amended.
(5)
(a)
"Government entity" means:
(i)
the state; or
(ii)
a county, city, town, school district, special district, special service district, or 
other political subdivision of the state.
(b)
"Government entity" includes an agency, bureau, office, department, division, board, 
commission, institution, laboratory, or other instrumentality of an entity described in 
Subsection (5)(a).
(6)
"Government official" means:
(a)
an elected or appointed officer of a government entity; or
(b)
an employee of a government entity.
(7)
"Political party" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
20A-1-102
.
(8)
"Public office" means the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, 
state auditor, state treasurer, state senator, state representative, state school board, or an 
elective office of a local political subdivision.
(9)
"Public registered voter" means a registered voter who is not an at-risk voter.
(10)
"Segregated record" means a voter registration record that was classified as a private 
record by a voter:
(a)
via the method that existed before May 12, 2020; or
(b)
via a method that existed on or after May 12, 2020, other than the method of 
submitting a withholding request form.
(11)
"Standard voter data" means the following information from a voter registration record:
(a)
the voter's voter identification number and federal information processing series 
geographic code;
(b)
the voter's complete residential address, including the unit type and number;
(c)
the voter's county of residence;
(d)
the voter's mailing address, including the city;
(e)
the voter's precinct, congressional district, state House of Representatives district, 
state Senate district, State School Board district, local school board district, county 
council district, and city council district;
(f)
the voter's party affiliation or status as unaffiliated;
(g)
the voter's status as active or otherwise;
(h)
the last day on which the voter's voter registration record was updated; and
(i)
the voter's voting history for the preceding eight years;
(12)
"Withheld status" means the status granted, before May 7, 2025, to the voter 
registration record of a voter that prevented the disclosure of the voter registration 
record to a person other than an official or employee of a government entity acting in the 
official's or employee's capacity as an official or employee of a governmental entity.
Section 6, Section 
20A-2-602
 is enacted to read:
20A-2-602. Change of voter registration record privacy status -- Notice -- 
Redesignation of status -- New voter identification number.
(1)
The lieutenant governor shall, on or before June 1, 2025, mail to each voter who has a 
segregated record, at the last known address of the voter, a notice that includes the 
following information:
(a)
that the privacy status of the voter's voter registration record will change on 
December 1, 2026, and, unless the voter applies for and receives designation as an 
at-risk voter before December 1, 2026, the voter will be redesignated as a public 
registered voter on that date;
(b)
that, as a public registered voter:
(i)
the following information from the voter's voter registration record is public:
(A)
the voter's voter identification number and federal information processing 
series geographic code;
(B)
the voter's complete residential address, including the unit type and number;
(C)
the voter's county of residence;
(D)
the voter's mailing address, including the city;
(E)
the voter's precinct, congressional district, state House of Representatives 
district, state Senate district, State School Board district, local school board 
district, county council district, and city council district;
(F)
the voter's party affiliation or status as unaffiliated;
(G)
the voter's status as an active or inactive voter;
(H)
the last day on which the voter's voter registration record was updated; and
(I)
the voter's voting history for the preceding eight years; and
(ii)
in addition to, and in connection with, the information described in Subsection 
(1)(b)
(i), a political party with which the voter is affiliated will be given the 
voter's first, middle, and last name, including any suffix;
(c)
that the voter may apply to have the information described in Subsection 
(1)(b)
withheld from all persons, other than a government entity, by applying for 
designation as an at-risk voter in accordance with Section 
20A-2-606
;
(d)
instructions on how the voter may apply for designation as an at-risk voter; and
(e)
information on how the voter may obtain a copy of the withholding request form 
described in Section 
20A-2-606
 online.
(2)
Unless, before December 1, 2026, a voter with a segregated record applies for and 
receives designation as an at-risk voter under Subsections 
20A-2-606(5)
 and (6), the 
lieutenant governor or a county clerk shall, on December 1, 2026, designate a voter who 
has a segregated record as a public registered voter.
(3)
On December 1, 2026, each county clerk shall, under the direction of the lieutenant 
governor:
(a)
assign a new voter identification number to each registered voter in Utah; and
(b)
ensuring that the new voter identification number:
(i)
is not the same as a number previously assigned to the registered voter; and
(ii)
cannot be used, by the number alone, to identify a voter.
Section 7, Section 
20A-2-603
 is enacted to read:
20A-2-603. General request for voter registration records.
Except as otherwise provided in this section or another express provision of law, upon 
receiving a request from a person for voter registration records, the lieutenant governor or a 
county clerk:
(1)
shall disclose to the person the standard voter data from a public registered voter's voter 
registration record; and
(2)
may not disclose to the person:
(a)
a public registered voter's:
(i)
name; or
(ii)
day, month, or year of birth;
(b)
any other information from the public registered voter's voter registration record that 
is not standard voter data; or
(c)
any information from an at-risk voter's voter registration record.
Section 8, Section 
20A-2-604
 is enacted to read:
20A-2-604. Request for voter registration records by a political party.
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in this section or another express provision of law, upon 
receiving a request from a political party for voter registration records, the lieutenant 
governor or a county clerk:
(a)
shall disclose to the political party the following information from the voter 
registration record of a public registered voter:
(i)
the standard voter data; and
(ii)
subject to Subsections (2) and (3), and except as provided in Subsections 
(1)(b)
and (4), the voter's name, if the voter is affiliated with the political party; and
(b)
may not disclose to the political party:
(i)
a voter's day, month, or year of birth;
(ii)
the name of a voter who is not affiliated with the political party;
(iii)
any information from a public registered voter's voter registration record that is 
not described in Subsection (1)(a); or
(iv)
any information from an at-risk voter's voter registration record.
(2)
A political party, or an agent of a political party, that receives the information described 
in Subsection (1)(a):
(a)
shall ensure, using industry standard security measures, that the information may not 
be accessed by a person other than the political party or an agent of the political party;
(b)
may only use the information, in connection with a voter's name, to:
(i)
communicate with an individual who is affiliated with the political party in 
relation to party business or a political purpose;
(ii)
verify that the voter is a member of the political party; or
(iii)
conduct demographic and other analysis for political purposes; and
(c)
may not:
(i)
use the information, in connection with a voter's name, for a purpose other than a 
purpose described in Subsection (2)(b); or
(ii)
share from the information a voter's name, or any of the information in 
connection with the voter's name, with:
(A)
a candidate for public office; or
(B)
any other person, except to the extent necessary to use the information in the 
manner described in Subsection (2)(b).
(3)
Before providing the information described in Subsection (1)(a) to a political party:
(a)
the lieutenant governor or county clerk shall verify that the individual requesting the 
information on behalf of the political party is an authorized agent of the political 
party; and
(b)
the individual requesting the information under Subsection (3)(a) shall sign a request 
form that includes:
(i)
the name, address, and telephone number of the political party that is seeking the 
information;
(ii)
the name, address, and telephone number of the individual;
(iii)
a statement that the individual is an authorized agent of the political party and 
has presented to the lieutenant governor or the county clerk valid verification that 
the individual is an authorized agent of the political party;
(iv)
a statement that the political party and the individual will ensure, using industry 
standard security measures, that the information may not be accessed by a person 
other than the political party or an agent of the political party;
(v)
a statement that the political party, or an agent of the political party, will only use 
the information, in connection with a voter's name, to:
(A)
communicate with an individual who is affiliated with the political party in 
relation to party business or for a political purpose;
(B)
verify that an individual is a member of the political party; or
(C)
conduct demographic and other analysis for political purposes;
(vi)
a statement that the political party, or an agent of the political party, will not:
(A)
use the information, in connection with a voter's name, for a purpose other 
than a purpose described in Subsection 
(3)(b)(v)
;
(B)
share from the information a voter's name, or any of the information in 
connection with the voter's name, with a candidate for public office; or
(C)
share from the information a voter's name, or any of the information in 
connection with the voter's name, with any other person, except to the extent 
necessary to use the information in the manner described in Subsection 
(3)(b)(v)
;
(vii)
a statement that the political party, or an agent of the political party, will not 
provide or use the information obtained from the list of registered voters in a 
manner that is prohibited by law;
(viii)
a statement that obtaining the information under false pretenses, or providing or 
using the information in a manner that is prohibited by law, is punishable as a 
class A misdemeanor and by a civil fine; and
(ix)
notice that if a person makes a false statement in the request form, the person is 
punishable by law under Section 
76-8-504
.
(4)
The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose the information described in 
Subsection (1)(a) to a person requesting the information under this section if the 
lieutenant governor or county clerk reasonably believes that the person:
(a)
is not a political party or an agent of the political party; or
(b)
will provide or use the information in a manner prohibited by law.
Section 9, Section 
20A-2-605
 is enacted to read:
20A-2-605. Request for voter registration records by a government official.
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in this section or another express provision of law, upon 
request by a government official acting in the government official's capacity as a 
government official, the lieutenant governor or a county clerk:
(a)
shall disclose to the government official the information in a voter registration record 
necessary to permit the government official to fulfill a duty of the government 
official; and
(b)
may not disclose to the government official the information in a voter registration 
record that is not necessary to permit the government official to fulfill a duty of the 
government official.
(2)
A government official that receives information described in Subsection (1)(a) under 
this section:
(a)
shall ensure, using industry standard security measures, that the information may not 
be accessed by a person other than the government official or the government entity 
that the government official represents;
(b)
may only use the information to the extent necessary to fulfill a duty of the 
government official; and
(c)
may not disclose the information to a person other than a person needing the 
information to fulfill a duty of the government official or the government entity that 
the government official represents.
(3)
Before providing the information described in Subsection (1)(a) to a government 
official:
(a)
the lieutenant governor or county clerk shall verify that:
(i)
the person requesting the information is a government official; and
(ii)
it is necessary to provide the information requested to permit the government 
official to fulfill a duty of the government official; and
(b)
the government official requesting the information shall sign a request form that 
includes:
(i)
the name, address, and telephone number of the government official;
(ii)
the government official's position or title;
(iii)
a description of the information requested;
(iv)
a description of the duty of the government official that requires the requested 
information;
(v)
a statement that the government official will ensure, using industry standard 
security measures, that the information may not be accessed by a person other 
than the government official or the government entity that the government official 
represents;
(vi)
a statement that the government official will only use the information to the 
extent necessary to fulfill a duty of the government official;
(vii)
an assertion that the government official will not provide or use the information 
obtained from the voter registration records in a manner that is prohibited by law;
(viii)
a statement that obtaining the information under false pretenses, or providing or 
using the information from the voter registration records in a manner that is 
prohibited by law, is punishable as a class A misdemeanor and a civil fine; and
(ix)
notice that if the person signing the request form makes a false statement in the 
request form, the person is punishable by law under Section 
76-8-504
.
(4)
The lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose the information under this 
section if the lieutenant governor or county clerk reasonably believes that the person:
(a)
is not a government official;
(b)
does not need the information requested to fulfill a duty of the government official; or
(c)
will provide or use the information in a manner prohibited by law.
Section 10, Section 
20A-2-606
 is enacted to read:
20A-2-606. At-risk registered voter -- Application -- Designation -- Change of 
status.
(1)
Except to the extent expressly authorized in this part or otherwise expressly provided by 
law, the lieutenant governor or a county clerk may not disclose an at-risk voter's voter 
registration record, or any information from an at-risk voter's voter registration record.
(2)
On May 7, 2025, each county clerk shall designate as an at-risk voter each voter whose 
voter registration record had withheld status on May 6, 2025, for one of the following 
reasons:
(a)
the voter:
(i)
submitted a withholding request form with the individual's voter registration 
record, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk; and
(ii)
indicated on the form that the voter, or an individual who resides with the voter, 
is a victim of domestic violence or dating violence or is likely to be a victim of 
domestic violence or dating violence; or
(b)
the voter:
(i)
submitted a withholding request form with the individual's voter registration 
record, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk; and
(ii)
indicated on the form and provided verification that the voter, or an individual 
who resides with the voter, is a law enforcement officer, a member of the armed 
forces as defined in Section 
20A-1-513
, a public figure, or protected by a 
protective order or protection order.
(3)
(a)
The lieutenant governor shall design and distribute a withholding request form to 
each election officer and to each agency that provides a voter registration form.
(b)
The director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall make 
rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, 
establishing requirements for providing the verification described in Subsections 
(5)(a)(ii) and (5)(b)(ii).
(4)
The following may not encourage an individual to submit, or discourage an individual 
from submitting, a withholding request form:
(a)
an election officer;
(b)
an agency described in Subsection 
(3)(a)
; or
(c)
an employee of a person described in Subsection 
(4)(a)
 or (b).
(5)
A voter may apply for designation as an at-risk voter by submitting, with the voter's 
voter registration form, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk:
(a)
(i)
a withholding request form indicating that the voter, or an individual who 
resides with the voter, is a victim of domestic violence or dating violence or is 
likely to be a victim of domestic violence or dating violence; and
(ii)
in accordance with the rules described in Subsection (3)(b), proof of the 
indication described in Subsection (5)(a)(i) in the form of a sworn affidavit that 
identifies the victim or likely victim and describes the facts supporting the 
indication; or
(b)
(i)
a withholding request form indicating that the voter, or an individual who 
resides with the voter, is a law enforcement officer, a member of the armed forces 
as defined in Section 
20A-1-513
, a public figure, or protected by a protective 
order or protection order; and
(ii)
in accordance with the rules described in Subsection (3)(b), proof of the 
indication described in Subsection (5)(b)(i).
(6)
Beginning on May 7, 2025, a county clerk or the lieutenant governor shall designate a 
voter as an at-risk voter if the voter:
(a)
(i)
is a victim of domestic violence or dating violence or is likely to be a victim of 
domestic violence or dating violence; or
(ii)
is, or resides with an individual who is, a law enforcement officer, a member of 
the armed forces as defined in Section 
20A-1-513
, a public figure, or protected by 
a protective order or protection order; and
(b)
complies with Subsection 
(5)
.
(7)
A county clerk shall, beginning in 2030, and every five years after 2030, before July 15:
(a)
mail to each voter who, for at least the last year, has been designated as an at-risk 
voter:
(i)
notice that the voter is designated as an at-risk voter and the grounds for the 
designation;
(ii)
a list of the grounds for designating a voter as an at-risk voter;
(iii)
an inquiry regarding whether the voter still qualifies as an at-risk voter; and
(iv)
a self-addressed envelope, with postage prepaid, for the voter to mail the voter's 
response to the inquiry described in Subsection (7)(a)(iii); and
(b)
remove the designation of a voter as an at-risk voter if the voter responds that the 
voter no longer qualifies as an at-risk voter.
Section 11, Section 
20A-2-607
 is enacted to read:
20A-2-607. Applicability and enforcement.
(1)
This part does not govern or restrict the release of a voter registration record:
(a)
to an election officer;
(b)
for a purpose relating to voter registration or the administration of an election;
(c)
to the federal government to comply with, or verify compliance with, the 
requirements of law;
(d)
pursuant to an order of a court with jurisdiction; or
(e)
to a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency for a legitimate law enforcement 
purpose.
(2)
It is unlawful for a person to:
(a)
obtain information from the list of registered voters under false pretenses;
(b)
obtain or use information from the list of registered voters in a manner that is not 
permitted by law; or
(c)
disclose information from the list of registered voters in a manner that is not 
permitted by law.
(3)
A violation of Subsection (2) is a class A misdemeanor.
(4)
In addition to any criminal penalty that may be imposed under this section, the 
lieutenant governor may impose a civil fine against a person who violates a provision of 
this section in an amount equal to the greater of:
(a)
the product of 30 and the square root of the total number of:
(i)
records obtained, disclosed, or used unlawfully, rounded to the nearest whole 
dollar; or
(ii)
records from which information is obtained, disclosed, or used unlawfully, 
rounded to the nearest whole dollar; or
(b)
$200.
(5)
For purposes of Subsection (4), the voter registration record, or information from the 
voter registration record, of each voter is a separate record.
Section 12, Section 
20A-3a-401
 is amended to read:
20A-3a-401. Custody of voted ballots mailed or deposited in a ballot drop box -- 
Disposition -- Notice -- Disclosures relating to unresolved ballots.
(1)
This section governs ballots returned by mail or via a ballot drop box.
(2)
(a)
Poll workers shall open return envelopes containing manual ballots that are in the 
custody of the poll workers in accordance with this section.
(b)
The poll workers shall, first, compare the signature of the voter on the affidavit of the 
return envelope to the signature of the voter in the voter registration records.
(3)
After complying with Subsection (2), the poll workers shall determine whether:
(a)
the signatures correspond;
(b)
the affidavit is sufficient;
(c)
the voter is registered to vote in the correct precinct;
(d)
the voter's right to vote the ballot has been challenged;
(e)
the voter has already voted in the election;
(f)
the voter is required to provide valid voter identification; and
(g)
if the voter is required to provide valid voter identification, whether the voter has 
provided valid voter identification.
(4)
(a)
The poll workers shall take the action described in Subsection (4)(b) if the poll 
workers determine:
(i)
in accordance with the rules made under Subsection (11):
(A)
that the signature on the affidavit of the return envelope is reasonably 
consistent with the individual's signature in the voter registration records; or
(B)
for an individual who checks the box described in Subsection (5)(c)(v), that 
the signature is verified by alternative means;
(ii)
that the affidavit is sufficient;
(iii)
that the voter is registered to vote in the correct precinct;
(iv)
that the voter's right to vote the ballot has not been challenged;
(v)
that the voter has not already voted in the election; and
(vi)
for a voter required to provide valid voter identification, that the voter has 
provided valid voter identification.
(b)
If the poll workers make all of the findings described in Subsection (4)(a), the poll 
workers shall:
(i)
remove the manual ballot from the return envelope in a manner that does not 
destroy the affidavit on the return envelope;
(ii)
ensure that the ballot does not unfold and is not otherwise examined in 
connection with the return envelope; and
(iii)
place the ballot with the other ballots to be counted.
(c)
If the poll workers do not make all of the findings described in Subsection (4)(a), the 
poll workers shall:
(i)
disallow the vote;
(ii)
without opening the return envelope, record the ballot as "rejected" and state the 
reason for the rejection; and
(iii)
place the return envelope, unopened, with the other rejected return envelopes.
(5)
(a)
If the poll workers reject an individual's ballot because the poll workers 
determine, in accordance with rules made under Subsection (11), that the signature 
on the return envelope is not reasonably consistent with the individual's signature in 
the voter registration records, the election officer shall:
(i)
contact the individual in accordance with Subsection (6); and
(ii)
inform the individual:
(A)
that the individual's signature is in question;
(B)
how the individual may resolve the issue; and
(C)
that, in order for the ballot to be counted, the individual is required to deliver 
to the election officer a correctly completed affidavit, provided by the county 
clerk, that meets the requirements described in Subsection (5)(c).
(b)
The election officer shall ensure that the notice described in Subsection (5)(a) 
includes:
(i)
when communicating the notice by mail, a printed copy of the affidavit described 
in Subsection (5)(c) and a courtesy reply envelope;
(ii)
when communicating the notice electronically, a link to a copy of the affidavit 
described in Subsection (5)(c) or information on how to obtain a copy of the 
affidavit; or
(iii)
when communicating the notice by phone, either during a direct conversation 
with the voter or in a voicemail, arrangements for the voter to receive a copy of 
the affidavit described in Subsection (5)(c), either in person from the clerk's 
office, by mail, or electronically.
(c)
An affidavit described in Subsection (5)(a)(ii)(C) shall include:
(i)
an attestation that the individual voted the ballot;
(ii)
a space for the individual to enter the individual's name, date of birth, and driver 
license number or the last four digits of the individual's social security number;
(iii)
a space for the individual to sign the affidavit;
(iv)
a statement that, by signing the affidavit, the individual authorizes the lieutenant 
governor's and county clerk's use of the individual's signature on the affidavit for 
voter identification purposes; and
(v)
a check box accompanied by language in substantially the following form: "I am 
a voter with a qualifying disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act that 
impacts my ability to sign my name consistently. I can provide appropriate 
documentation upon request. To discuss accommodations, I can be contacted at 
__________________".
(d)
In order for an individual described in Subsection (5)(a) to have the individual's 
ballot counted, the individual shall deliver the affidavit described in Subsection (5)(c) 
to the election officer.
(e)
An election officer who receives a signed affidavit under Subsection (5)(d) shall 
immediately:
(i)
scan the signature on the affidavit electronically and keep the signature on file in 
the statewide voter registration database developed under Section 
20A-2-502
;
(ii)
if the election officer receives the affidavit no later than 5 p.m. three days before 
the day on which the canvass begins, count the individual's ballot; and
(iii)
if the check box described in Subsection (5)(c)(v) is checked, comply with the 
rules described in Subsection (11)(c).
(6)
(a)
The election officer shall, within two business days after the day on which an 
individual's ballot is rejected, notify the individual of the rejection and the reason for 
the rejection, by phone, mail, email, or SMS text message, unless:
(i)
the ballot is cured within one business day after the day on which the ballot is 
rejected; or
(ii)
the ballot is rejected because the ballot is received late or for another reason that 
cannot be cured.
(b)
If an individual's ballot is rejected for a reason described in Subsection (6)(a)(ii), the 
election officer shall notify the individual of the rejection and the reason for the 
rejection by phone, mail, email, or SMS text message, within the later of:
(i)
30 days after the day of the rejection; or
(ii)
30 days after the day of the election.
(c)
The election officer may, when notifying an individual by phone under this 
Subsection (6), use auto-dial technology.
(7)
An election officer may not count the ballot of an individual whom the election officer 
contacts under Subsection (5) or (6) unless, no later than 5 p.m. three days before the 
day on which the canvass begins, the election officer:
(a)
receives a signed affidavit from the individual under Subsection (5); or
(b)
(i)
contacts the individual;
(ii)
if the election officer has reason to believe that an individual, other than the voter 
to whom the ballot was sent, signed the ballot affidavit, informs the individual that 
it is unlawful to sign a ballot affidavit for another person, even if the person gives 
permission;
(iii)
verifies the identity of the individual by:
(A)
requiring the individual to provide at least two types of personal identifying 
information for the individual; and
(B)
comparing the information provided under Subsection (7)(b)(iii)(A) to records 
relating to the individual that are in the possession or control of an election 
officer; and
(iv)
documenting the verification described in Subsection (7)(b)(iii), by recording:
(A)
the name and voter identification number of the individual contacted;
(B)
the name of the individual who conducts the verification;
(C)
the date and manner of the communication;
(D)
the type of personal identifying information provided by the individual;
(E)
a description of the records against which the personal identifying information 
provided by the individual is compared and verified; and
(F)
other information required by the lieutenant governor.
(8)
The election officer shall:
(a)
retain and preserve the return envelopes in the manner provided by law for the 
retention and preservation of ballots voted at that election;
(b)
retain and preserve the documentation described in Subsection (7)(b)(iv); and
(c)
if the election officer complies with Subsection (8)(b) by including the 
documentation in the voter's voter registration record, make, retain, and preserve a 
record of the name and voter identification number of each voter contacted under 
Subsection (7)(b).
(9)
(a)
The election officer shall record the following in the database used to verify 
signatures:
(i)
any initial rejection of a ballot under Subsection (4)(c), within one business day 
after the day on which the election officer rejects the ballot; and
(ii)
any resolution of a rejection of a ballot under Subsection (7), within one business 
day after the day on which the ballot rejection is resolved.
(b)
An election officer shall include, in the canvass report, a final report of the 
disposition of all rejected and resolved ballots, including, for ballots rejected, the 
following:
(i)
the number of ballots rejected because the voter did not sign the voter's ballot; and
(ii)
the number of ballots rejected because the voter's signatures on the ballot, and in 
records on file, do not correspond.
(10)
Willful failure to comply with this section constitutes willful neglect of duty under 
Section 
20A-5-701
.
(11)
The director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall make 
rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to 
establish:
(a)
criteria and processes for use by poll workers in determining if a signature 
corresponds with the signature on file for the voter under Subsections (3)(a) and 
(4)(a)(i)(A);
(b)
training and certification requirements for election officers and employees of election 
officers regarding the criteria and processes described in Subsection (11)(a); and
(c)
in compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 
Secs. 12131 through 12165, an alternative means of verifying the identity of an 
individual who checks the box described in Subsection (5)(c)(v).
(12)
Subject to Subsection (13), if, in response to a request, and in accordance with the 
requirements of law, an election officer discloses the 
name
voter identification number
or address of voters whose ballots have been rejected and not yet resolved, the election 
officer shall:
(a)
make the disclosure within two business days after the day on which the request is 
made;
(b)
respond to each request in the order the requests were made; and
(c)
make each disclosure in a manner, and within a period of time, that does not reflect 
favoritism to one requestor over another.
(13)
A disclosure described in Subsection (12) may not include
 the name or address of a 
protected individual, as defined in Subsection 
20A-2-104
(1).
:
(a)
the name of a voter; or
(b)
any information relating to an at-risk voter, as defined in Section 
20A-2-601
.
Section 13, Section 
20A-5-410
 is amended to read:
20A-5-410. Election officer to provide voting history information and status.
(1)
As used in this section, "voting history record" means the information about the 
existence and status of absentee ballot requests required by this section.
(2)
(a)
Each election officer shall maintain, in the election officer's office, a voting 
history record of those voters registered to vote in the election officer's jurisdiction.
(b)
Except as it relates to a voter whose voter registration record is classified as private 
under Subsection 
63G-2-302(1)(k)
, the voting history record is a public record under 
Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act
.
(3)
(a)
When an election officer reports voting history for an election, the election officer 
shall
, for each voter whose voter registration is classified as private under 
Subsection 
20A-2-104(4)(h)
,
 report the following
 for each at-risk voter, as defined 
in Section 
20A-2-601
, for that election only, without disclosing the identity of the 
voter:
(i)
for voting by mail, the information described in Subsection 
(4)(a)
;
(ii)
for early voting, the date the individual voted; and
(iii)
for voting on election day, the date the individual voted.
(b)
In relation to the information of 
a voter whose voter registration is classified as 
private under Subsection 
20A-2-104(4)(h)
an at-risk voter, as defined in Section 
20A-2-601
, a report described in Subsection 
(3)(a)
 may not disclose, by itself or in 
conjunction with any other public information, the
 voter identification number, the
identity
,
 or any other personal identifying information of the voter.
(4)
The
Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 
(3)
, the
 election officer shall ensure 
that the voting history record for each voting precinct contains:
(a)
for voting by mail:
(i)
the date that the manual ballot was mailed to the voter; and
(ii)
the date that the voted manual ballot was received by the election officer;
(b)
for early voting:
(i)
the 
name
voter identification number
 and address of each individual who 
participated in early voting; and
(ii)
the date the individual voted; and
(c)
for voting on election day, the 
name
voter identification number
 and address of each 
individual who voted on election day.
(5)
(a)
Notwithstanding the time limits for response to a request for records under 
Section 
63G-2-204
 or the time limits for a request for records established in any 
ordinance, the election officer shall ensure that the information required by this 
section is recorded and made available to the public no later than one business day 
after its receipt in the election officer's office.
(b)
Notwithstanding the fee requirements of Section 
63G-2-203
 or the fee requirements 
established in any ordinance, the election officer shall make copies of the voting 
history record available to the public for the actual cost of production or copying.
Section 14, Section 
20A-6-105
 is amended to read:
20A-6-105. Provisional ballot envelopes.
(1)
Each election officer shall ensure that provisional ballot envelopes are printed in 
substantially the following form:
"AFFIRMATION
Are you a citizen of the United States of America? Yes No
Will you be 18 years old on or before election day? Yes No
If you checked "no" in response to either of the two above questions, do not complete 
this form.
Name of Voter _________________________________________________________
First 
Middle
Last
Driver License or Identification Card Number _________________________________
State of Issuance of Driver License or Identification Card Number _________________
Date of Birth ___________________________________________________________
Street Address of Principal Place of Residence
______________________________________________________________________
City
County
State
Zip Code
Telephone Number (optional) ______________________________________________
Email Address (optional)__________________________________________________
Last four digits of Social Security Number ____________________________
Last former address at which I was registered to vote (if known)
______________________________________________________________________
City
County
State
Zip Code
Voting Precinct (if known) _________________________________________________
I, (please print your full name)__________________________do solemnly swear or 
affirm:
That I am eligible to vote in this election; that I have not voted in this election in any 
other precinct; that I am eligible to vote in this precinct; and that I request that I be permitted 
to vote in this precinct; and
Subject to penalty of law for false statements, that the information contained in this form 
is true, and that I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of Utah, residing at the above 
address; and that I am at least 18 years old and have resided in Utah for the 30 days 
immediately before this election.
Signed 
______________________________________________________________________
Dated 
______________________________________________________________________
In accordance with Section 
20A-3a-506
, wilfully providing false information above is a 
class B misdemeanor under Utah law and is punishable by imprisonment and by fine.
PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such 
as your name and address, some information that is available only to government entities, and 
some information that is available only to certain third parties in accordance with the 
requirements of law.
Your driver license number, identification card number, social security number, email 
address, full date of birth, and phone number are available only to government entities. Your 
year of birth is available to political parties, candidates for public office, certain third parties, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, in accordance with the requirements of law.
You may request that all information on your voter registration records be withheld 
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by indicating here:
_____ Yes, I request that all information on my voter registration records be withheld 
from all persons other than government entities, political parties, candidates for public office, 
and their contractors, employees, and volunteers.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that identifying 
information on your voter registration records be withheld from all political parties, candidates 
for public office, and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a 
withholding request form, and any required verification, as described in the following 
paragraphs.
A person may request that identifying information on the person's voter registration 
records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their 
contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form with this 
registration record, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, if the person is or is likely 
to be, or resides with a person who is or is likely to be, a victim of domestic violence or dating 
violence.
A person may request that identifying information on the person's voter registration 
records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their 
contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form and any 
required verification with this registration form, or to the lieutenant governor or a county clerk, 
if the person is, or resides with a person who is, a law enforcement officer, a member of the 
armed forces, a public figure, or protected by a protective order or a protection order.
PRIVACY INFORMATION
Voter registration records contain some information that is available to the public, such as 
your voter identification number and address. Your name, in connection with your voter 
identification number, is available only to a political party with which you choose to affiliate, 
if any. Your driver license number, state identification card number, social security number, 
email address, date of birth, and phone number are available only to government entities.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION
In addition to the protections provided above, you may request that your entire voter 
registration record be withheld from all persons, other than government entities, by submitting 
to the county clerk, either with this registration form or at a later time:
 a withholding request form indicating that you are or are likely to be, or that you reside 
with a person who is or is likely to be, a victim of domestic violence or dating violence, 
together with the verification required by law; or
 a withholding request form indicating that you are, or reside with a person who is, a law 
enforcement officer, a member of the armed forces, a public figure, or protected by a 
protective order or a protection order, together with the verification required by law.
CITIZENSHIP AFFIDAVIT
Name:
Name at birth, if different:
Place of birth:
Date of birth:
Date and place of naturalization (if applicable):
I hereby swear and affirm, under penalties for voting fraud set forth below, that I am a 
citizen and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information above is true and 
correct.
____________________________
Signature of Applicant
In accordance with Section 
20A-2-401
, the penalty for willfully causing, procuring, or 
allowing yourself to be registered to vote if you know you are not entitled to register to vote is 
up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500."
(2)
The provisional ballot envelope shall include:
(a)
a unique number;
(b)
a detachable part that includes the unique number;
(c)
a telephone number, internet address, or other indicator of a means, in accordance 
with Section 
20A-6-105.5
, where the voter can find out if the provisional ballot was 
counted; and
(d)
an insert containing written instructions on how a voter may sign up to receive ballot 
status notifications via the ballot tracking system described in Section 
20A-3a-401.5
.
Section 15, Section 
63G-2-301
 is amended to read:
63G-2-301. Public records.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Business address" means a single address of a governmental agency designated for 
the public to contact an employee or officer of the governmental agency.
(b)
"Business email address" means a single email address of a governmental agency 
designated for the public to contact an employee or officer of the governmental 
agency.
(c)
"Business telephone number" means a single telephone number of a governmental 
agency designated for the public to contact an employee or officer of the 
governmental agency.
(d)
"Correctional facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
77-16b-102
.
(2)
The following records are public except to the extent they contain information expressly 
permitted to be treated confidentially under the provisions of Subsections 
63G-2-201(3)(b)
 and 
(6)(a)
:
(a)
laws;
(b)
the name, gender, gross compensation, job title, job description, business address, 
business email address, business telephone number, number of hours worked per pay 
period, dates of employment, and relevant education, previous employment, and 
similar job qualifications of a current or former employee or officer of the 
governmental entity, excluding:
(i)
undercover law enforcement personnel; and
(ii)
investigative personnel if disclosure could reasonably be expected to impair the 
effectiveness of investigations or endanger any individual's safety;
(c)
final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, and orders that are 
made by a governmental entity in an administrative, adjudicative, or judicial 
proceeding except that if the proceedings were properly closed to the public, the 
opinion and order may be withheld to the extent that they contain information that is 
private, controlled, or protected;
(d)
final interpretations of statutes or rules by a governmental entity unless classified as 
protected as provided in Subsection 
63G-2-305(17)
 or 
(18)
;
(e)
information contained in or compiled from a transcript, minutes, or report of the open 
portions of a meeting of a governmental entity as provided by 
Title 52, Chapter 4, 
Open and Public Meetings Act
, including the records of all votes of each member of 
the governmental entity;
(f)
judicial records unless a court orders the records to be restricted under the rules of 
civil or criminal procedure or unless the records are private under this chapter;
(g)
unless otherwise classified as private under Section 
63G-2-303
, records or parts of 
records filed with or maintained by county recorders, clerks, treasurers, surveyors, 
zoning commissions, the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, the School and 
Institutional Trust Lands Administration, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining, the 
Division of Water Rights, or other governmental entities that give public notice of:
(i)
titles or encumbrances to real property;
(ii)
restrictions on the use of real property;
(iii)
the capacity of persons to take or convey title to real property; or
(iv)
tax status for real and personal property;
(h)
records of the Department of Commerce that evidence incorporations, mergers, name 
changes, and uniform commercial code filings;
(i)
data on individuals that would otherwise be private under this chapter if the 
individual who is the subject of the record has given the governmental entity written 
permission to make the records available to the public;
(j)
documentation of the compensation that a governmental entity pays to a contractor or 
private provider;
(k)
summary data;
(l)
standard voter data, as defined in Section 
20A-2-601
, in a 
voter registration 
records
record
, including an individual's voting history, except for
:
(i)
 a voter registration record or those parts of a voter registration record that are 
classified as private under Subsections 
63G-2-302(1)(j)
 through 
(m)
 or withheld 
under Subsection 
20A-2-104(7)
;
 or
(ii)
a voter registration record of an at-risk voter, as defined in Section 
20A-2-601
;
(m)
for an elected official, as defined in Section 
11-47-102
, a telephone number, if 
available, and email address, if available, where that elected official may be reached 
as required in 
Title 11, Chapter 47, Access to Elected Officials
;
(n)
for a school community council member, a telephone number, if available, and email 
address, if available, where that elected official may be reached directly as required 
in Section 
53G-7-1203
;
(o)
annual audited financial statements of the Utah Educational Savings Plan described 
in Section 
53B-8a-111
; and
(p)
an initiative packet, as defined in Section 
20A-7-101
, and a referendum packet, as 
defined in Section 
20A-7-101
, after the packet is submitted to a county clerk.
(3)
The following records are normally public, but to the extent that a record is expressly 
exempt from disclosure, access may be restricted under Subsection 
63G-2-201(3)(b)
, 
Section 
63G-2-302
, 
63G-2-304
, or 
63G-2-305
:
(a)
administrative staff manuals, instructions to staff, and statements of policy;
(b)
records documenting a contractor's or private provider's compliance with the terms 
of a contract with a governmental entity;
(c)
records documenting the services provided by a contractor or a private provider to 
the extent the records would be public if prepared by the governmental entity;
(d)
contracts entered into by a governmental entity;
(e)
any account, voucher, or contract that deals with the receipt or expenditure of funds 
by a governmental entity;
(f)
records relating to government assistance or incentives publicly disclosed, contracted 
for, or given by a governmental entity, encouraging a person to expand or relocate a 
business in Utah, except as provided in Subsection 
63G-2-305(35)
;
(g)
chronological logs and initial contact reports;
(h)
correspondence by and with a governmental entity in which the governmental entity 
determines or states an opinion upon the rights of the state, a political subdivision, 
the public, or any person;
(i)
empirical data contained in drafts if:
(i)
the empirical data is not reasonably available to the requester elsewhere in similar 
form; and
(ii)
the governmental entity is given a reasonable opportunity to correct any errors or 
make nonsubstantive changes before release;
(j)
drafts that are circulated to anyone other than:
(i)
a governmental entity;
(ii)
a political subdivision;
(iii)
a federal agency if the governmental entity and the federal agency are jointly 
responsible for implementation of a program or project that has been legislatively 
approved;
(iv)
a government-managed corporation; or
(v)
a contractor or private provider;
(k)
drafts that have never been finalized but were relied upon by the governmental entity 
in carrying out action or policy;
(l)
original data in a computer program if the governmental entity chooses not to 
disclose the program;
(m)
arrest warrants after issuance, except that, for good cause, a court may order 
restricted access to arrest warrants prior to service;
(n)
search warrants after execution and filing of the return, except that a court, for good 
cause, may order restricted access to search warrants prior to trial;
(o)
records that would disclose information relating to formal charges or disciplinary 
actions against a past or present governmental entity employee if:
(i)
the disciplinary action has been completed and all time periods for administrative 
appeal have expired; and
(ii)
the charges on which the disciplinary action was based were sustained;
(p)
records maintained by the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, the School and 
Institutional Trust Lands Administration, or the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining that 
evidence mineral production on government lands;
(q)
final audit reports;
(r)
occupational and professional licenses;
(s)
business licenses;
(t)
a notice of violation, a notice of agency action under Section 
63G-4-201
, or similar 
records used to initiate proceedings for discipline or sanctions against persons 
regulated by a governmental entity, but not including records that initiate employee 
discipline; and
(u)
(i)
records that disclose a standard, regulation, policy, guideline, or rule regarding 
the operation of a correctional facility or the care and control of inmates 
committed to the custody of a correctional facility; and
(ii)
records that disclose the results of an audit or other inspection assessing a 
correctional facility's compliance with a standard, regulation, policy, guideline, or 
rule described in Subsection 
(3)(u)(i)
.
(4)
The list of public records in this section is not exhaustive and should not be used to limit 
access to records.
Section 16, Section 
63G-2-302
 is amended to read:
63G-2-302. Private records.
(1)
The following records are private:
(a)
records concerning an individual's eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits, 
social services, welfare benefits, or the determination of benefit levels;
(b)
records containing data on individuals describing medical history, diagnosis, 
condition, treatment, evaluation, or similar medical data;
(c)
records of publicly funded libraries that when examined alone or with other records 
identify a patron;
(d)
records received by or generated by or for:
(i)
the Independent Legislative Ethics Commission, except for:
(A)
the commission's summary data report that is required under legislative rule; 
and
(B)
any other document that is classified as public under legislative rule; or
(ii)
a Senate or House Ethics Committee in relation to the review of ethics 
complaints, unless the record is classified as public under legislative rule;
(e)
records received by, or generated by or for, the Independent Executive Branch Ethics 
Commission, except as otherwise expressly provided in Title 63A, Chapter 14, 
Review of Executive Branch Ethics Complaints;
(f)
records received or generated for a Senate confirmation committee concerning 
character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an individual:
(i)
if, prior to the meeting, the chair of the committee determines release of the 
records:
(A)
reasonably could be expected to interfere with the investigation undertaken by 
the committee; or
(B)
would create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair proceeding or 
impartial hearing; and
(ii)
after the meeting, if the meeting was closed to the public;
(g)
employment records concerning a current or former employee of, or applicant for 
employment with, a governmental entity that would disclose that individual's home 
address, home telephone number, social security number, insurance coverage, marital 
status, or payroll deductions;
(h)
records or parts of records under Section 
63G-2-303
 that a current or former 
employee identifies as private according to the requirements of that section;
(i)
that part of a record indicating a person's social security number or federal employer 
identification number if provided under Section 
31A-23a-104
, 
31A-25-202
, 
31A-26-202
, 
58-1-301
, 
58-55-302
, 
61-1-4
, or 
61-2f-203
;
(j)
that part of a voter registration record identifying a voter's:
(i)
driver license or identification card number;
(ii)
social security number, or last four digits of the social security number;
(iii)
email address;
(iv)
date of birth; or
(v)
phone number;
(k)
a voter registration record that is classified as a private record by the lieutenant 
governor or a county clerk under Subsection 
20A-2-101.1
(5)(a)
, 
20A-2-104
(4)(h),
or 
20A-2-204
(4)(b);
(l)
a voter registration record 
that is withheld under Subsection 
20A-2-104
(7)
of an 
at-risk voter, as defined in Section 
20A-2-606
;
(m)
a withholding request form described in 
Subsections 
20A-2-104
(7) and (8)
Subsection 
20A-2-601(5)
 and any verification submitted in support of the form;
(n)
a record that:
(i)
contains information about an individual;
(ii)
is voluntarily provided by the individual; and
(iii)
goes into an electronic database that:
(A)
is designated by and administered under the authority of the Chief Information 
Officer; and
(B)
acts as a repository of information about the individual that can be 
electronically retrieved and used to facilitate the individual's online interaction 
with a state agency;
(o)
information provided to the Commissioner of Insurance under:
(i)
Subsection 
31A-23a-115
(3)(a);
(ii)
Subsection 
31A-23a-302
(4); or
(iii)
Subsection 
31A-26-210
(4);
(p)
information obtained through a criminal background check under Title 11, Chapter 
40, Criminal Background Checks by Political Subdivisions Operating Water Systems;
(q)
information provided by an offender that is:
(i)
required by the registration requirements of Title 77, Chapter 41, Sex, Kidnap, and 
Child Abuse Offender Registry; and
(ii)
not required to be made available to the public under Subsection 
77-41-110
(4);
(r)
a statement and any supporting documentation filed with the attorney general in 
accordance with Section 
34-45-107
, if the federal law or action supporting the filing 
involves homeland security;
(s)
electronic toll collection customer account information received or collected under 
Section 
72-6-118
 and customer information described in Section 
17B-2a-815
received or collected by a public transit district, including contact and payment 
information and customer travel data;
(t)
an email address provided by a military or overseas voter under Section 
20A-16-501
;
(u)
a completed military-overseas ballot that is electronically transmitted under Title 
20A, Chapter 16, Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act;
(v)
records received by or generated by or for the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review 
Commission established in Section 
63A-15-201
, except for:
(i)
the commission's summary data report that is required in Section 
63A-15-202
; and
(ii)
any other document that is classified as public in accordance with Title 63A, 
Chapter 15, Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission;
(w)
a record described in Section 
53G-9-604
 that verifies that a parent was notified of an 
incident or threat;
(x)
a criminal background check or credit history report conducted in accordance with 
Section 
63A-3-201
;
(y)
a record described in Subsection 
53-5a-104
(7);
(z)
on a record maintained by a county for the purpose of administering property taxes, 
an individual's:
(i)
email address;
(ii)
phone number; or
(iii)
personal financial information related to a person's payment method;
(aa)
a record submitted by a taxpayer to establish the taxpayer's eligibility for an 
exemption, deferral, abatement, or relief under:
(i)
Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 11, Exemptions;
(ii)
Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 12, Property Tax Relief;
(iii)
Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 18, Tax Deferral and Tax Abatement; or
(iv)
Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 19, Armed Forces Exemptions;
(bb)
a record provided by the State Tax Commission in response to a request under 
Subsection 
59-1-403
(4)(y)(iii);
(cc)
a record of the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel regarding an individual 
child welfare case, as described in Subsection 
36-33-103
(3);
 and
(dd)
a record relating to drug or alcohol testing of a state employee under Section 
63A-17-1004
;
(ee)
a record relating to a request by a state elected official or state employee who has 
been threatened to the Division of Technology Services to remove personal 
identifying information from the open web under Section 
63A-16-109
; and
(ff)
a record including confidential information as that term is defined in Section 
67-27-105
.
(2)
The following records are private if properly classified by a governmental entity:
(a)
records concerning a current or former employee of, or applicant for employment 
with a governmental entity, including performance evaluations and personal status 
information such as race, religion, or disabilities, but not including records that are 
public under Subsection 
63G-2-301
(2)(b) or 
63G-2-301
(3)(o) or private under 
Subsection (1)(b);
(b)
records describing an individual's finances, except that the following are public:
(i)
records described in Subsection 
63G-2-301
(2);
(ii)
information provided to the governmental entity for the purpose of complying 
with a financial assurance requirement; or
(iii)
records that must be disclosed in accordance with another statute;
(c)
records of independent state agencies if the disclosure of those records would 
conflict with the fiduciary obligations of the agency;
(d)
other records containing data on individuals the disclosure of which constitutes a 
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;
(e)
records provided by the United States or by a government entity outside the state that 
are given with the requirement that the records be managed as private records, if the 
providing entity states in writing that the record would not be subject to public 
disclosure if retained by it;
(f)
any portion of a record in the custody of the Division of Aging and Adult Services, 
created in Section 
26B-6-102
, that may disclose, or lead to the discovery of, the 
identity of a person who made a report of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a 
vulnerable adult; and
(g)
audio and video recordings created by a body-worn camera, as defined in Section 
77-7a-103
, that record sound or images inside a home or residence except for 
recordings that:
(i)
depict the commission of an alleged crime;
(ii)
record any encounter between a law enforcement officer and a person that results 
in death or bodily injury, or includes an instance when an officer fires a weapon;
(iii)
record any encounter that is the subject of a complaint or a legal proceeding 
against a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency;
(iv)
contain an officer involved critical incident as defined in Subsection 
76-2-408
(1)(f); or
(v)
have been requested for reclassification as a public record by a subject or 
authorized agent of a subject featured in the recording.
(3)
(a)
As used in this Subsection (3), "medical records" means medical reports, records, 
statements, history, diagnosis, condition, treatment, and evaluation.
(b)
Medical records in the possession of the University of Utah Hospital, its clinics, 
doctors, or affiliated entities are not private records or controlled records under 
Section 
63G-2-304
 when the records are sought:
(i)
in connection with any legal or administrative proceeding in which the patient's 
physical, mental, or emotional condition is an element of any claim or defense; or
(ii)
after a patient's death, in any legal or administrative proceeding in which any 
party relies upon the condition as an element of the claim or defense.
(c)
Medical records are subject to production in a legal or administrative proceeding 
according to state or federal statutes or rules of procedure and evidence as if the 
medical records were in the possession of a nongovernmental medical care provider.
Section 17, Section 
63G-2-303
 is amended to read:
63G-2-303. Private information concerning certain government employees.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"At-risk government employee" means a current or former:
(i)
peace officer as specified in Section 
53-13-102
;
(ii)
state or federal judge of an appellate, district, justice, or juvenile court, or court 
commissioner;
(iii)
judge authorized by Title 39A, Chapter 5, Utah Code of Military Justice;
(iv)
judge authorized by Armed Forces, Title 10, United States Code;
(v)
federal prosecutor;
(vi)
prosecutor appointed pursuant to Armed Forces, Title 10, United States Code;
(vii)
law enforcement official as defined in Section 
53-5-711
;
(viii)
prosecutor authorized by Title 39A, Chapter 5, Utah Code of Military Justice; or
(ix)
state or local government employee who, because of the unique nature of the 
employee's regular work assignments or because of one or more recent credible 
threats directed to or against the employee, would be at immediate and substantial 
risk of physical harm if the employee's personal information is disclosed.
(b)
"Family member" means the spouse, child, sibling, parent, or grandparent of an 
at-risk government employee who is living with the employee.
(c)
"Personal information" means the employee's or the employee's family member's 
home address, home telephone number, personal mobile telephone number, personal 
pager number, personal email address, social security number, insurance coverage, 
marital status, or payroll deductions.
(2)
(a)
Pursuant to Subsection 
63G-2-302
(1)(h), an at-risk government employee may 
file a written application that:
(i)
gives notice of the employee's status as an at-risk government employee to each 
agency of a government entity holding a record or a part of a record that would 
disclose the employee's personal information; and
(ii)
requests that the government agency classify those records or parts of records as 
private.
(b)
An at-risk government employee desiring to file an application under this section 
may request assistance from the government agency to identify the individual records 
containing personal information.
(c)
Each government agency shall develop a form that:
(i)
requires the at-risk government employee to designate each specific record or part 
of a record containing the employee's personal information that the applicant 
desires to be classified as private;
(ii)
affirmatively requests that the government entity holding those records classify 
them as private;
(iii)
informs the employee that by submitting a completed form the employee may 
not receive official announcements affecting the employee's property, including 
notices about proposed municipal annexations, incorporations, or zoning 
modifications; and
(iv)
contains a place for the signature required under Subsection (2)(d).
(d)
A form submitted by an employee under Subsection (2)(c) shall be signed by the 
highest ranking elected or appointed official in the employee's chain of command 
certifying that the employee submitting the form is an at-risk government employee.
(3)
A county recorder, county treasurer, county auditor, or a county tax assessor may fully 
satisfy the requirements of this section by:
(a)
providing a method for the assessment roll and index and the tax roll and index that 
will block public access to the home address, home telephone number, situs address, 
and Social Security number; and
(b)
providing the at-risk government employee requesting the classification with a 
disclaimer informing the employee that the employee may not receive official 
announcements affecting the employee's property, including notices about proposed 
annexations, incorporations, or zoning modifications.
(4)
A government agency holding records of an at-risk government employee classified as 
private under this section may release the record or part of the record if:
(a)
the employee or former employee gives written consent;
(b)
a court orders release of the records; 
or
(c)
the government agency receives a certified death certificate for the employee or 
former employee
; or
.
(d)
as it relates to the employee's voter registration record:
(i)
the person to whom the record or part of the record is released is a qualified person under 
Subsection 
20A-2-104
(4)(n); and
(ii)
the government agency's release of the record or part of the record complies with the 
requirements of Subsection 
20A-2-104
(4)(o).
(5)
(a)
If the government agency holding the private record receives a subpoena for the 
records, the government agency shall attempt to notify the at-risk government 
employee or former employee by mailing a copy of the subpoena to the employee's 
last-known mailing address together with a request that the employee either:
(i)
authorize release of the record; or
(ii)
within 10 days of the date that the copy and request are mailed, deliver to the 
government agency holding the private record a copy of a motion to quash filed 
with the court who issued the subpoena.
(b)
The government agency shall comply with the subpoena if the government agency 
has:
(i)
received permission from the at-risk government employee or former employee to 
comply with the subpoena;
(ii)
not received a copy of a motion to quash within 10 days of the date that the copy 
of the subpoena was mailed; or
(iii)
received a court order requiring release of the records.
(6)
(a)
Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b), a form submitted under this section 
remains in effect until the earlier of:
(i)
four years after the date the employee signs the form, whether or not the 
employee's employment terminates before the end of the four-year period; and
(ii)
one year after the government agency receives official notice of the death of the 
employee.
(b)
A form submitted under this section may be rescinded at any time by:
(i)
the at-risk government employee who submitted the form; or
(ii)
if the at-risk government employee is deceased, a member of the employee's 
immediate family.
Section 18. 
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
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