---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 147 Utah Communications Authority Amendments"
description: "S.B. 147 Utah Communications Authority Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Utah SB 147 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities and Technology", "Utah Communications Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b85b32-bab1-494c-968b-808e14abbfdc"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0147.html"
source_hash: "6ce1567138cd2e505bebe1fba4efbc09a014fe437d9f5aeebffffe0cd01bccec"
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 SB 147 (2022) — S.B. 147 Utah Communications Authority 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/~2022/bills/sbillint/SB0147S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0147.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Handy, Stephen G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-31** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-10** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** circled
- **2022-02-15** uncircled
- **2022-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-15** to House
- **2022-02-16** received from Senate
- **2022-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2022-03-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-03-03** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2022-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-04** to Senate
- **2022-03-04** received from House
- **2022-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-04** concurs with House amendment
- **2022-03-04** to House
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-03-04** to Senate
- **2022-03-04** received from House
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/56b85b32-bab1-494c-968b-808e14abbfdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).