---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pedestrian Safety Amendments"
description: "Pedestrian Safety Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 161"
citation: "Utah H.B. 161 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1accb53f-b431-445c-9127-64a716f95bb1"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0161.html"
source_hash: "04e22d01b7265c7d838571b723dd956878ff7427e42c7ad022238c76bf8dcd38"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah H.B. 161 (2017) — Pedestrian Safety Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HB0161.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0161.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **23–1** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-01-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-26** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-10** to Senate
- **2017-02-10** received from House
- **2017-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-23** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-02-23** to House
- **2017-02-23** received from Senate
- **2017-02-23** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-23** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1accb53f-b431-445c-9127-64a716f95bb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).