---
type: "Bill"
title: "Railroad Workers Day Designation"
description: "Railroad Workers Day Designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 397"
citation: "Utah H.B. 397 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Railroads", "State Symbols and Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kwan, Karen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3033f63-a64b-4101-b6c3-b1f25887d478"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0397.html"
source_hash: "114d41b22f4e54b45f86dcaababb20ef5f4c0028981c62a0ee73f58407e80598"
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. 397 (2019) — Railroad Workers Day Designation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0397.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0397.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kwan, Karen — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-26** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-27** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2019-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-05** to Senate
- **2019-03-06** received from House
- **2019-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-13** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2019-03-14** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-14** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-14** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-14** to House
- **2019-03-14** received from Senate
- **2019-03-14** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-22** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-22** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-26** 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/a3033f63-a64b-4101-b6c3-b1f25887d478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).