---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 247 Transient Room Tax Amendments"
description: "H.B. 247 Transient Room Tax Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Utah HB 247 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "County and Municipal Finance", "Local Taxation and Fees", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Revenue and Taxation", "Sales and Use Tax", "State Tax Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39b0a262-b457-4f20-bce2-5e580f593dff"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0247.html"
source_hash: "ddf2164b650492e6f97f67bbf1d125373c9244027a100a1e1bd4b4a8c964f19c"
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 247 (2021) — H.B. 247 Transient Room Tax 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/HB0247S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0247.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albrecht, Carl R. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-29** to House Revenue and Taxation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-05** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2021-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** circled
- **2021-02-15** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-16** uncircled
- **2021-02-16** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-16** to Senate
- **2021-02-16** received from House
- **2021-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-24** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-26** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-04** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-04** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2021-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-04** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-22** 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/39b0a262-b457-4f20-bce2-5e580f593dff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).