---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 17 Utility Permitting Amendments"
description: "H.B. 17 Utility Permitting Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Utah HB 17 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Electricity", "Energy", "Local Government Infrastructure and Utilities", "Local Government Ordinances", "Municipalities", "Natural Gas", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Public Utilities", "Public Utilities & Technology", "Renewable and Clean Energy", "Utilities Siting and Permitting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy, Stephen G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-15"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1955d78-9431-4d19-97d7-68bced67fdf0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0017.html"
source_hash: "f7fb9e782a3fc3b5ff448431d520f88b60beb8fa75fa21c5657787dffec7004a"
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 HB 17 (2021) — H.B. 17 Utility Permitting Amendments

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0017S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0017.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **51–18** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Handy, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** circled
- **2021-02-02** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-03** uncircled
- **2021-02-03** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-03** to Senate
- **2021-02-04** received from House
- **2021-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-12** to House
- **2021-02-12** received from Senate
- **2021-02-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-16** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-16** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-02-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-02-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-02-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-02-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-25** 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/c1955d78-9431-4d19-97d7-68bced67fdf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).