---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 51 Railroad Right of Way Amendments"
description: "H.B. 51 Railroad Right of Way Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 51"
citation: "Utah HB 51 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Railroads", "Revenue and Taxation", "Right of Way", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Snider, Casey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cf511dc-bd86-4227-90c0-ec9bf2075085"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0051.html"
source_hash: "527f402cb7fb74f6a10a6abc8ca686eccf941f33fc6807968dccd52c9a87eeea"
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 51 (2023) — H.B. 51 Railroad Right of Way 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0051S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0051.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **66–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Snider, Casey — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-04** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-25** to House Transportation Committee
- **2023-02-07** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2023-02-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-13** to Senate
- **2023-02-13** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** to Senate Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2023-03-01** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** circled
- **2023-03-02** uncircled
- **2023-03-02** substituted from # 3 to # 4 `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-02** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** 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/0cf511dc-bd86-4227-90c0-ec9bf2075085`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).