---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunications Network Review Amendments"
description: "Telecommunications Network Review Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 31"
citation: "Utah H.B. 31 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications", "Public Utilities", "Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy, Stephen G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-13"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db1d0a10-8d6d-4565-96c7-38db40b7d96d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0031.html"
source_hash: "c583a046e03cad33d43797bd1a020303d1f6b25772b84d7bbca6fab6ee54da07"
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 H.B. 31 (2018) — Telecommunications Network Review 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/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0031.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0031.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Handy, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Hemmert, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-12-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-05** to Senate
- **2018-02-05** received from House
- **2018-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-12** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** circled
- **2018-02-22** uncircled
- **2018-02-22** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-23** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-23** to House
- **2018-02-23** received from Senate
- **2018-02-23** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-23** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/db1d0a10-8d6d-4565-96c7-38db40b7d96d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).