---
type: "Bill"
title: "Airport and Air Amendments"
description: "Airport and Air Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "Utah SB 172 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aeronautics", "Airports", "Department of Transportation", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Transportation", "Unmanned Aircraft"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21T16:43:06+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:01:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7839be98-d1c2-4137-95da-2ef39ee4b368"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0172.html"
source_hash: "96e1b93ed7379981993a542efd8987b742a41a5fcb4e66223572300755b19520"
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 172 (2026) — Airport and Air 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/SB0172.xml)
2. **Amended 1/28/2026 11:01:644** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0172_2026-01-28_11-16-08.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 1/28/2026 11:01:644** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0172_2026-01-28_11-16-08.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0172.Hamd.2.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0172.Samd.1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0172.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Welton, Doug — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21T16:43:06+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-21T16:43:06+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-21T16:43:09+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0172
- **2026-01-21T16:43:09+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0172
- **2026-01-21T17:46:15+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T18:22:27+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-25T20:25:52+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0172
- **2026-01-25T20:37:28+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0172
- **2026-01-26T18:16:36+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27T21:16:56+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-27T21:26:37+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:43:59+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-29T18:44:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-13T18:31:46+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-13T18:31:58+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-13T19:03:43+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-13T19:05:44+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T18:34:53+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17T18:35:10+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-17T21:41:18+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-17T21:43:17+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-17T21:43:18+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-17T23:08:53+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T17:10:45+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-23T18:03:33+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Transportation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T15:28:07+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T21:11:33+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Transportation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T21:11:34+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05T21:48:11+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-05T21:50:31+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-05T21:50:32+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-05T21:50:33+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T15:10:02+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T15:10:03+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:37:35+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T21:37:37+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T19:25:20+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T19:25:23+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T16:06:17+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T16:06:19+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:01:00+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/7839be98-d1c2-4137-95da-2ef39ee4b368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).