---
type: "Bill"
title: "Heber Valley Historic Railroad Authority Sunset Date Extension"
description: "Heber Valley Historic Railroad Authority Sunset Date Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 17"
citation: "Utah S.B. 17 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislative Operations", "Sunset Legislation", "Railroads", "Independent Entities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1472476-8e06-48ed-847f-6bebc8722c1a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0017.html"
source_hash: "78cce8e61fc3676989c595985824dd9a9c8c9df53de0cc9add2fed9d662b4846"
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. 17 (2020) — Heber Valley Historic Railroad Authority Sunset Date Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillint/SB0017.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillamd/SB0017.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0017.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Poulson, Marie H. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-12-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-12-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-01-27** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2020-01-28** to Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-11** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** floor amendment # 2
- **2020-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-12** to House
- **2020-02-12** received from Senate
- **2020-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-26** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-02-26** to Senate
- **2020-02-26** received from House
- **2020-02-26** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-26** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-02-26** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-28** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-28** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** 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/d1472476-8e06-48ed-847f-6bebc8722c1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).