---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public-private Partnerships"
description: "Public-private Partnerships"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 204"
citation: "Utah S.B. 204 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Construction Industries", "Economic Development", "Government Purchasing", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Business Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Okerlund, Ralph"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2e391c2-9511-43b1-b64b-bc4c074b135a"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0204.html"
source_hash: "24367d48b9101d095c93076267b1aadeec8ee204f3ba51c7d2c1bb473d9dd8cf"
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. 204 (2017) — Public-private Partnerships

## 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/SB0204.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0204.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0204.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **69–2** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Okerlund, Ralph — primary (person)
- Knotwell, John — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-10** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-10** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-10** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-14** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-14** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** circled
- **2017-03-01** uncircled
- **2017-03-01** floor amendment # 2
- **2017-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-01** to House
- **2017-03-01** received from Senate
- **2017-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2017-03-09** uncircled
- **2017-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **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
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-17** 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/e2e391c2-9511-43b1-b64b-bc4c074b135a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).