republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/sb-197.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Transportation Funding and Governance Amendments	Transportation Funding and Governance Amendments	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2026	SB 197	Utah SB 197 (2026)	bill	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	enacted	Harper, Wayne A.	13	57	4	2026-01-26T17:25:13+00:00	2026-03-26T19:48:09+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ac78e6c4-697a-477b-ba68-4b663d0477b4	https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0197.html	856a1ea53780942cf4c55b1f1273b542b39f58ea51cab90dc6d825db1caa47ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Amended 2/20/2026 14:02:833 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amended 2/26/2026 19:02:436 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amended 3/6/2026 17:03:606 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amended Excerpts 2/20/2026 14:02:833 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amended Excerpts 2/26/2026 19:02:436 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amended Excerpts 3/6/2026 17:03:606 (committee substitute) — source
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
10. House Amendment 2 (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — source
12. Substitute #1 (committee substitute) — source
13. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/ac78e6c4-697a-477b-ba68-4b663d0477b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).