---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 191 Oil and Gas Amendments"
description: "S.B. 191 Oil and Gas Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 191"
citation: "Utah S.B. 191 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Oil and Gas"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Okerlund, Ralph"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bae915f1-1e2f-4f95-a4a4-0977a903d888"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0191.html"
source_hash: "6511eee01a9402f14d368e6c4329337302586627b03c9c3fc28edf37b5257a71"
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. 191 (2017) — S.B. 191 Oil and Gas 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/SB0191S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0191.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **62–2** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **22–1** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Okerlund, Ralph — primary (person)
- Handy, Stephen G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-07** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-10** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-10** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2017-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-27** to House
- **2017-02-27** received from Senate
- **2017-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-07** to Senate
- **2017-03-07** received from House
- **2017-03-07** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-21** 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/bae915f1-1e2f-4f95-a4a4-0977a903d888`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).