---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecom Merger Review Amendments"
description: "Telecom Merger Review Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 130"
citation: "Utah S.B. 130 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications", "Corporations", "Public Utilities", "Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buxton, David G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/694f59f3-85dc-44d8-80f7-56eabecfd932"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0130.html"
source_hash: "b0fb006d9d544a2a0e94ca5ce2bf024e8a9ce5c8c87caf587d4e2e192693e941"
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. 130 (2019) — Telecom Merger 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/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0130.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0130.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buxton, David G. — primary (person)
- Musselman, Calvin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-04** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-04** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-06** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2019-02-07** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-12** to House
- **2019-02-12** received from Senate
- **2019-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-20** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-02-20** to Senate
- **2019-02-21** received from House
- **2019-02-21** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-21** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-02-21** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** 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/694f59f3-85dc-44d8-80f7-56eabecfd932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).