---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural Development Act Amendments"
description: "Rural Development Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Utah SB 162 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community Development", "Economic Development", "Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity", "Grant Programs and Incentives", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Health and Human Services", "Hospitals", "Local Governments", "Rural Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinkins, David P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94baf167-2089-4c7d-a791-fa483c95c084"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0162.html"
source_hash: "ff16a5dcb8d2db4ce2b5dd862b0a6f64739a2a116a841241ba5f5e382b74280e"
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 162 (2024) — Rural Development Act 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/~2024/bills/sbillint/SB0162.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0162.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0162.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinkins, David P. — primary (person)
- Albrecht, Carl R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-29** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-29** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-30** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-30** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- **2024-02-01** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-08** to House
- **2024-02-08** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- **2024-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-29** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** 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/94baf167-2089-4c7d-a791-fa483c95c084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).