---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 27 Transportation Revisions"
description: "S.B. 27 Transportation Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Utah SB 27 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Transportation", "License Plates", "Motor Vehicles", "Planning and Zoning", "Public Transit", "Public Transit Districts", "Roads/Highways", "Towing", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb5f36a5-5d6f-4ce8-99a6-518ee0a6af54"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0027.html"
source_hash: "7071f7b58281911beac0a43af9b80b138e4463aa6d27f0bfcc0d242837bd1878"
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 27 (2023) — S.B. 27 Transportation 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/SB0027S04.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0027S04.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0027.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **44–23** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–3** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Held — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **2–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2023-01-19** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2023-01-19** Senate Comm - Held
- **2023-01-24** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2023-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** circled
- **2023-02-06** uncircled
- **2023-02-06** substituted from # 3 to # 4 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-02-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-07** to House
- **2023-02-07** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-08** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** to House Transportation Committee
- **2023-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** floor amendment # 2
- **2023-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-24** motion to reconsider
- **2023-02-24** floor amendment # 3
- **2023-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-24** to Senate
- **2023-02-24** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-24** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-02-27** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** to House
- **2023-02-27** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-27** to Senate
- **2023-02-28** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-28** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-02-28** 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`
- **2023-03-14** 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/bb5f36a5-5d6f-4ce8-99a6-518ee0a6af54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).