---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 253 Short-term Rental Amendments"
description: "H.B. 253 Short-term Rental Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 253"
citation: "Utah H.B. 253 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Condominiums", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knotwell, John"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/534ffa0f-968e-4d86-895c-8b09a8ce8826"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0253.html"
source_hash: "3fd55eb648c41491810012cd22f579bce4d2327d8baf7953b013fd0807627568"
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. 253 (2017) — H.B. 253 Short-term Rental 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/HB0253S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0253S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0253.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–1** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Knotwell, John — primary (person)
- Adams, J. Stuart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-07** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** circled
- **2017-02-27** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-27** uncircled
- **2017-02-27** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2017-02-27** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-27** to Senate
- **2017-02-28** received from House
- **2017-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2017-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-03-08** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-09** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** circled
- **2017-03-09** uncircled
- **2017-03-09** floor amendment # 3
- **2017-03-09** amended out amendment
- **2017-03-09** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-09** to House
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-24** 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/534ffa0f-968e-4d86-895c-8b09a8ce8826`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).