---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Service Commission Amendments"
description: "Public Service Commission Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 59"
citation: "Utah H.B. 59 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christofferson, Kay J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-20"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/383b66db-97ee-446b-94b8-67769377a8ca"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0059.html"
source_hash: "24e9f2c509e34948efd01a382d749613f5b4e644c810a42288f710bef3f13ead"
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. 59 (2017) — Public Service Commission 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/HB0059.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0059.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Christofferson, Kay J. — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2016-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-17** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-30** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-06** to Senate
- **2017-02-07** received from House
- **2017-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-14** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-17** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-02-17** to House
- **2017-02-17** received from Senate
- **2017-02-17** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-17** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-02-17** 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`
- **2017-03-20** 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/383b66db-97ee-446b-94b8-67769377a8ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).