---
type: "Bill"
title: "Annexation of Islands Within Cities"
description: "Annexation of Islands Within Cities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 140"
citation: "Utah S.B. 140 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Boundaries", "Local Governments", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buxton, D. Gregg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d6a92dd-c56a-4ad7-8237-f003fe9e808b"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0140.html"
source_hash: "95453951ed3b3ef142b27ba46b52dbeed826e0a1ab0f4b09cfae6dc55fdc97b5"
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 S.B. 140 (2017) — Annexation of Islands Within Cities

## 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/sbillint/SB0140.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0140.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0140.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **25–1** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–1** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Buxton, D. Gregg — primary (person)
- Froerer, Gage — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-30** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-30** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-31** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-03** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-03** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-22** to House
- **2017-02-22** received from Senate
- **2017-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-28** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** circled
- **2017-03-02** uncircled
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-02** to Senate
- **2017-03-02** received from House
- **2017-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-15** 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/6d6a92dd-c56a-4ad7-8237-f003fe9e808b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).