---
type: "Bill"
title: "Helmet Requirement Amendments"
description: "Helmet Requirement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 159"
citation: "Utah S.B. 159 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motorcycles", "Helmets", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shiozawa, Brian E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f7ca771-2a17-4bfa-9d03-31ec19f8ec64"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0159.html"
source_hash: "35ee96761fbeb31938e549a432532098a608b66f8e4e5aa3f11c55760838d06e"
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. 159 (2017) — Helmet Requirement 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/sbillint/SB0159.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **17–12** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **18–10** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **43–30** (pass) · legislature
- floor amendment failed # 1 — **23–45** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Shiozawa, Brian E. — primary (person)
- Dunnigan, James A. — 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
- **2017-02-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-04** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-06** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-08** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **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** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-24** to House
- **2017-02-24** received from Senate
- **2017-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-24** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2017-03-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** circled
- **2017-03-08** uncircled
- **2017-03-08** floor amendment failed # 1
- **2017-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-08** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-08** to Senate
- **2017-03-08** received from House
- **2017-03-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** 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/0f7ca771-2a17-4bfa-9d03-31ec19f8ec64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).