---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 40 School Bus Inspection Revisions"
description: "S.B. 40 School Bus Inspection Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 40"
citation: "Utah S.B. 40 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Public Education", "Safety Inspection", "Motor Vehicles", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-13"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66fe8b4b-5243-476f-bad3-18511c1ba1e0"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0040.html"
source_hash: "1bb368e626ed45711a1553df12757e9056be4ba9250dcaae9989d7e386ec7ba6"
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. 40 (2017) — S.B. 40 School Bus Inspection Revisions

## 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/SB0040S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0040.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Hutchings, Eric K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-11** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-27** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-14** to House
- **2017-02-14** received from Senate
- **2017-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-22** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-02-22** to Senate
- **2017-02-22** received from House
- **2017-02-22** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-22** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-02-22** 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`
- **2017-03-20** 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/66fe8b4b-5243-476f-bad3-18511c1ba1e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).