---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Highway Designation Amendments"
description: "State Highway Designation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 491"
citation: "Utah HB 491 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Department of Transportation", "Legislative Committees and Task Forces", "Legislative Operations", "Legislative Organization", "Open and Public Meetings", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Roads/Highways", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shallenberger, David"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04T18:12:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T22:53:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12bf8cf8-38c4-4b41-b3a6-558b887aca1f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0491.html"
source_hash: "2f13c1292191ffc62c4f8251eaa6db7c5511393ff09b730ab1b963837218bc77"
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 491 (2026) — State Highway Designation 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0491.xml)
2. **Amended 2/25/2026 13:02:510** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0491S01_2026-02-25_13-02-00.pdf)
3. **Amended 3/3/2026 18:03:842** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0491S01_2026-03-03_18-46-34.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 2/25/2026 13:02:510** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0491S01_2026-02-25_13-02-00.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 3/3/2026 18:03:842** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0491S01_2026-03-03_18-46-34.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0491 To HB0491S01.pdf)
7. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0491S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
8. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0491S01.Hamd.2.pdf)
9. **Senate Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0491S01.Samd.3.pdf)
10. **Senate Amendment 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0491S01.Samd.4.pdf)
11. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0491S01.xml)
12. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0491.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **65–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shallenberger, David — primary (person)
- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04T18:12:03+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-04T18:12:03+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-04T18:12:04+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0491
- **2026-02-04T18:12:04+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0491
- **2026-02-04T19:11:39+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-04T22:25:32+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-05T13:48:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0491
- **2026-02-05T23:15:44+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0491
- **2026-02-23T18:03:27+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0491S01
- **2026-02-23T18:03:27+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0491S01
- **2026-02-23T23:32:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-02-23T23:53:13+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Transportation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T12:28:23+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0491S01
- **2026-02-25T12:28:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0491S01
- **2026-02-25T15:43:31+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-25T15:45:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T21:11:26+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Transportation Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-25T21:11:27+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-27T18:26:57+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27T18:31:23+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-27T18:31:25+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-27T19:21:26+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T21:22:25+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-02T22:07:06+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T22:35:15+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-03T22:36:25+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T01:46:07+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04T01:46:08+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T03:08:53+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T21:19:20+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T21:22:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T21:22:01+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-06T23:55:09+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T23:55:10+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-07T00:48:48+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-03-07T00:54:34+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-03-07T00:56:29+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T00:56:30+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-10T16:20:22+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-10T16:20:23+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-10T16:20:24+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-11T19:19:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:19:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-11T22:25:09+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-11T22:25:13+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T19:38:04+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T19:38:11+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T22:14:54+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T22:14:56+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T22:53:18+00:00** 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/12bf8cf8-38c4-4b41-b3a6-558b887aca1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).