---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 297 Renewable Energy Amendments"
description: "H.B. 297 Renewable Energy Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 297"
citation: "Utah H.B. 297 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities", "Renewable Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy, Stephen G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46c12a14-23f1-49b0-90f3-27267c84b200"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0297.html"
source_hash: "f4f1d433c24e210f6f33e56486a88ff8906eb3c70d772cfe0340d692bb734af1"
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 H.B. 297 (2017) — H.B. 297 Renewable Energy Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HB0297S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0297.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **64–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Handy, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Adams, J. Stuart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-06** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-10** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-24** to Senate
- **2017-02-27** received from House
- **2017-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-03-03** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-08** to House
- **2017-03-08** received from Senate
- **2017-03-08** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-17** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-17** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-25** 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/46c12a14-23f1-49b0-90f3-27267c84b200`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).