---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 59 Unmanned Aircraft Revisions"
description: "H.B. 59 Unmanned Aircraft Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 59"
citation: "Utah H.B. 59 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aeronautics", "Unmanned Aircraft", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pitcher, Dixon M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b25e5129-ee0a-4aed-a3b7-ff40cd84b038"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0059.html"
source_hash: "eaea163d9aa26db21f2ed987ca412e73dd3d1b681aecde216b970ba69d0a31f4"
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. 59 (2018) — H.B. 59 Unmanned Aircraft 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/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0059S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0059.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **1–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **1–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **23–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Pitcher, Dixon M. — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-01** comm rpt/substituted/Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-01** 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 Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2018-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-12** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-16** to House with amendments
- **2018-02-16** received from Senate
- **2018-02-16** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-02-20** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2018-02-20** to Senate
- **2018-02-20** received from House
- **2018-02-20** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-20** to House
- **2018-02-20** received from Senate
- **2018-02-20** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-21** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-02-21** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-13** 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/b25e5129-ee0a-4aed-a3b7-ff40cd84b038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).