---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 161 Advanced Air Mobility Revisions"
description: "S.B. 161 Advanced Air Mobility Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Utah SB 161 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Airports", "Department of Transportation", "Transportation", "Unmanned Aircraft"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d47bb44-f639-49b2-bd00-6ccf5620bc4a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0161.html"
source_hash: "2363ea0560ef9e585833f698e73fa657914dcf60fbd826261151a160ecce1f68"
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 161 (2023) — S.B. 161 Advanced Air Mobility Revisions

## 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/sbillint/SB0161S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0161S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0161.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Christofferson, Kay J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-31** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2023-02-03** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-06** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-08** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-08** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-14** to House
- **2023-02-14** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** to House Transportation Committee
- **2023-02-22** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-23** to Senate
- **2023-02-23** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-02-24** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-24** to House
- **2023-02-24** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-24** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-24** to Senate
- **2023-02-24** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-24** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-26** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-02-26** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-17** 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/3d47bb44-f639-49b2-bd00-6ccf5620bc4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).