---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation Funding and Governance Amendments"
description: "Transportation Funding and Governance Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "Utah SB 197 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislative Committees and Task Forces", "Legislative Operations", "Public Transit", "Public Transit Districts", "Revenue and Taxation", "Sales and Use Tax", "State Tax Commission", "Transit Transportation Investment Fund", "Transportation", "Transportation Funding"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 13
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-26T17:25:13+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-26T19:48:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac78e6c4-697a-477b-ba68-4b663d0477b4"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0197.html"
source_hash: "856a1ea53780942cf4c55b1f1273b542b39f58ea51cab90dc6d825db1caa47ee"
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 197 (2026) — Transportation Funding and Governance 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/SB0197.xml)
2. **Amended 2/20/2026 14:02:833** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0197_2026-02-20_14-14-56.pdf)
3. **Amended 2/26/2026 19:02:436** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0197S01_2026-02-26_19-05-49.pdf)
4. **Amended 3/6/2026 17:03:606** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0197S01_2026-03-06_17-00-49.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 2/20/2026 14:02:833** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0197_2026-02-20_14-14-56.pdf)
6. **Amended Excerpts 2/26/2026 19:02:436** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0197S01_2026-02-26_19-05-49.pdf)
7. **Amended Excerpts 3/6/2026 17:03:606** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0197S01_2026-03-06_17-00-49.pdf)
8. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0197 To SB0197S01.pdf)
9. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0197S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
10. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0197S01.Hamd.2.pdf)
11. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0197.Samd.1.pdf)
12. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0197S01.xml)
13. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0197.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **65–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **27–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-26T17:25:13+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-26T17:25:13+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-26T17:25:16+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0197
- **2026-01-26T17:25:16+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0197
- **2026-01-26T18:02:06+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T18:21:19+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-28T13:18:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0197
- **2026-01-28T13:18:50+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0197
- **2026-01-28T17:35:11+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T18:21:57+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T21:55:19+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02T18:18:01+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02T18:18:02+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-20T21:03:25+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T21:06:19+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-20T21:11:07+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23T17:36:11+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T17:36:26+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-24T00:28:03+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-24T00:30:25+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-24T00:30:26+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-24T15:13:44+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T17:16:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T19:00:35+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Transportation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T20:10:25+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0197S01
- **2026-02-26T20:10:25+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0197S01
- **2026-02-26T23:58:52+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Transportation Committee]
- **2026-02-27T00:00:07+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-27T00:01:03+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T02:52:09+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended [House Transportation Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-27T02:52:11+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-01T01:09:21+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0197S01
- **2026-03-01T01:25:08+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0197S01
- **2026-03-06T01:41:39+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T01:41:41+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06T23:33:05+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T23:34:13+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-06T23:39:27+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T23:39:29+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T00:24:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0197S01
- **2026-03-07T00:24:53+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0197S01
- **2026-03-07T03:14:52+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:14:53+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-07T03:21:56+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T03:21:57+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T04:00:49+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T04:00:50+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-07T04:00:51+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-10T15:38:02+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-10T15:38:03+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T18:37:31+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T18:37:32+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T19:54:13+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T19:54:20+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T16:14:37+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T16:14:39+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26T19:48:09+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/ac78e6c4-697a-477b-ba68-4b663d0477b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).