---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 198 Utah Communications Authority Amendments"
description: "S.B. 198 Utah Communications Authority Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 198"
citation: "Utah S.B. 198 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Technology", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baf3d9e0-dae7-4f72-b706-b048761bf51f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0198.html"
source_hash: "bafdf2913605bbde014bcf1d3c5ffc6c5ce5717a7c3928a49f065e1ccc437987"
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. 198 (2017) — S.B. 198 Utah Communications Authority 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/SB0198S03.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0198S03.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0198.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **25–2** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **22–3** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **55–17** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Handy, Stephen G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-09** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-13** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-14** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2017-02-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** circled
- **2017-03-01** uncircled
- **2017-03-01** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2017-03-01** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-01** to House
- **2017-03-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-03-01** received from Senate
- **2017-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-03-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** floor amendment # 4
- **2017-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-09** concurs with House amendment
- **2017-03-09** to House
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-17** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-17** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-20** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-25** 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/baf3d9e0-dae7-4f72-b706-b048761bf51f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).