Utah Code Ann. § 17-64-305 – Rules and regulations governing legislative body and transaction of business -- Expulsion of members prohibited -- Exception for disorderly conduct.

(1) The legislative body may make and enforce regulations for:
1. (a) the government of the legislative body;
2. (b) the preservation of order; and
3. (c) the transaction of business .
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the legislative body may not expel a member from an open public meeting or prohibit the member from attending an open public meeting.
(3) Except as provided in Subsection (4), following a two-thirds vote of the members, the legislative body may fine or expel a member of the legislative body for:
1. (a) disorderly conduct at the open public meeting;
2. (b) a member's direct or indirect financial conflict of interest regarding an issue discussed at or action proposed to be taken at the open public meeting; or
3. (c) a commission of a crime during the open public meeting.
(4) A legislative body may adopt ordinances that expand the reasons or establish more restrictive procedures for the expulsion of a member from a public meeting.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1