---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 53 Meteorological Evaluation Tower Marking"
description: "H.B. 53 Meteorological Evaluation Tower Marking"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 53"
citation: "Utah HB 53 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aeronautics", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christiansen, Steve R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-21"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b3d3306-a625-4dcd-ad05-0b953055b490"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0053.html"
source_hash: "5e678ce6a7b3a678b054dc45ca3025037a47c570d395a5f4b1926b4656d23517"
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 53 (2021) — H.B. 53 Meteorological Evaluation Tower Marking

## 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/HB0053S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0053.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christiansen, Steve R. — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-21** 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 Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-01-22** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-01-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-01** to Senate
- **2021-02-02** received from House
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-11** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-11** to House
- **2021-02-11** received from Senate
- **2021-02-11** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** 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/5b3d3306-a625-4dcd-ad05-0b953055b490`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).