---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 51 Road Construction Bid Limit Amendments"
description: "S.B. 51 Road Construction Bid Limit Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "Utah SB 51 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Construction", "Department of Transportation", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Roads/Highways", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Winterton, Ronald M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a8bafec-54a5-4317-b4e7-e45b577a8c34"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0051.html"
source_hash: "09caf43329caa6f30d69bef22548d9fede71956eeddff8db1b0215e191818d09"
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 51 (2024) — S.B. 51 Road Construction Bid Limit 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/SB0051S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0051S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0051.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Winterton, Ronald M. — primary (person)
- Watkins, Christine F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-05** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-22** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-23** to House
- **2024-01-24** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** to House Transportation Committee
- **2024-01-29** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-29** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-01-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-30** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-01-30** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2024-02-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-07** to Senate
- **2024-02-08** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-08** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-09** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-09** to House
- **2024-02-12** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-12** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-12** to Senate
- **2024-02-12** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-12** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-12** 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`
- **2024-03-20** 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/5a8bafec-54a5-4317-b4e7-e45b577a8c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).