AI-generated summary. We recommend consulting the bill text for important decisions.

Amendments to Utah's Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) make several significant changes to how state and local government entities handle public records requests. The bill extends the standard deadline for agencies to respond to records requests from 10 to 15 business days, creates a clearer process for requesting and denying expedited responses, and makes it a crime — classified as an infraction — to intentionally destroy or delete a record to avoid disclosing it in response to a pending request. The bill also requires every government agency to annually review its records retention practices and take steps to ensure compliance, requires the state archives division to develop a one-page plain-language summary of records law requirements and distribute it to all government employees, and requires political subdivisions that adopt their own records policies to include guidance on personal device use, assign specific staff records management responsibilities, and regularly train staff and elected officials.