---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 277 Highway General Obligation Bonds Authorization"
description: "S.B. 277 Highway General Obligation Bonds Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 277"
citation: "Utah S.B. 277 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation", "Transportation Fund"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-03"
last_action: "2017-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3702af-c022-4543-b4de-a6e624bd5207"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0277.html"
source_hash: "d92f98bd7794b257a5ebccab7e2ee3444ad4a071f3a483fed5dfdc2000621c15"
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. 277 (2017) — S.B. 277 Highway General Obligation Bonds Authorization

## 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/SB0277S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0277S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0277.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **72–3** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Francis D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-03-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-03-03** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-03-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-06** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** floor amendment # Verbal
- **2017-03-06** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-06** to House
- **2017-03-06** received from Senate
- **2017-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-03-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-03-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-03-07** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 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
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-15** 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/6b3702af-c022-4543-b4de-a6e624bd5207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).