---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 16 Public Utilities Committee Reports"
description: "S.B. 16 Public Utilities Committee Reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 16"
citation: "Utah S.B. 16 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Technology Governance", "Public Utilities", "Committees", "Legislative"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hemmert, Daniel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-19"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4fe8749-d46b-496c-949f-6e24c8621855"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0016.html"
source_hash: "70e81a6222330b1c22e9989cff850893f432ccf7299928e3e64b7bde43b71748"
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. 16 (2019) — S.B. 16 Public Utilities Committee Reports

## 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/SB0016S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-25** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-01-28** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-01-28** to House
- **2019-01-28** received from Senate
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-01-30** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-01-30** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-06** motion to reconsider
- **2019-02-06** motion to reconsider passed
- **2019-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-06** to Senate
- **2019-02-07** received from House
- **2019-02-07** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-02-08** circled
- **2019-02-08** uncircled
- **2019-02-08** concurs with House amendment
- **2019-02-08** to House
- **2019-02-11** received from Senate
- **2019-02-11** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-02-11** to Senate
- **2019-02-11** received from House
- **2019-02-11** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-13** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-02-13** 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/f4fe8749-d46b-496c-949f-6e24c8621855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).