---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifications to Distribution of Local Sales Tax Revenues"
description: "Modifications to Distribution of Local Sales Tax Revenues"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 247"
citation: "Utah S.B. 247 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Governments", "Sales and Use Tax", "Revenue and Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Okerlund, Ralph"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-20"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d4d1957-a3cd-470a-8377-bda27e8610ce"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0247.html"
source_hash: "2207fec7dd3f9b7e1a015f1d07b6b64638924e21de26a161b9308fa05d2c8c73"
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. 247 (2017) — Modifications to Distribution of Local Sales Tax Revenues

## 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/SB0247.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0247.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **66–5** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **20–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Okerlund, Ralph — primary (person)
- Noel, Michael E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-21** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** to Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-24** Senate Comm - Held
- **2017-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-28** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-03** to House
- **2017-03-03** received from Senate
- **2017-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **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** 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
- **2017-03-16** 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/6d4d1957-a3cd-470a-8377-bda27e8610ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).