---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy Amendments"
description: "Energy Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 253"
citation: "Utah S.B. 253 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinkins, David P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-22"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/696204d3-b16e-4a78-92c1-e2cf30418fd2"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0253.html"
source_hash: "737cfef58a20742270dcaec4e85f9a84b0aa203723abfaff4dccc134b6e4a82a"
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. 253 (2017) — Energy 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/SB0253.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0253.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0253.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **65–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hinkins, David P. — primary (person)
- Ivory, Ken — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-22** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** floor amendment # 1
- **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`
- **2017-03-02** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment 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`
- **2017-03-07** 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
- **2017-03-17** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-17** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-17** 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/696204d3-b16e-4a78-92c1-e2cf30418fd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).