---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stray Current or Voltage Remediation Act"
description: "Stray Current or Voltage Remediation Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 318"
citation: "Utah H.B. 318 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Electricity", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy, Stephen G."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6167719-9114-4b10-b183-21843bc94be3"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0318.html"
source_hash: "a8e7bfc6f1cfa0f145673c0f9f115f467310f8571e5cafb2a0c259387d344d61"
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. 318 (2018) — Stray Current or Voltage Remediation Act

## 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/HB0318.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0318.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0318.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Handy, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-08** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-08** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2018-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** floor amendment # 3
- **2018-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-21** to Senate
- **2018-02-21** received from House
- **2018-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-26** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-01** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-01** to House
- **2018-03-01** received from Senate
- **2018-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** 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/b6167719-9114-4b10-b183-21843bc94be3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).