---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 261 Local Emergency Response Amendments"
description: "H.B. 261 Local Emergency Response Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 261"
citation: "Utah H.B. 261 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sagers, Douglas V."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/477961d6-5e3a-44b4-a625-ee5241afc237"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0261.html"
source_hash: "5cdbba98d0b54aa28b531237fed111cdf4c151d1d1f62b95c66a16746dc23f7f"
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. 261 (2017) — H.B. 261 Local Emergency Response 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/HB0261S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0261S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0261.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sagers, Douglas V. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — 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`
- **2017-02-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-23** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-28** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-28** to Senate
- **2017-03-01** received from House
- **2017-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-03-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-03-03** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-06** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-03-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **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** floor amendment # 2
- **2017-03-09** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-09** to House with amendments
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-09** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **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
- **2017-03-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-14** 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/477961d6-5e3a-44b4-a625-ee5241afc237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).