republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/sb-242.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation Amendments"
description: "Transportation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Utah SB 242 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Active Transportation", "Business", "Clean Fuels", "Commercial Motor Vehicle Regulation", "Conveyances", "Counties", "Department of Public Safety", "Department of Transportation", "Emergency Powers", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Legislative Committees and Task Forces", "Legislative Operations", "Legislative Organization", "Local Option Sales Taxes", "Motor Vehicles", "Municipalities", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Public Transit", "Public Transit Districts", "Railroads", "Real Property", "Revenue and Taxation", "Sales Tax Exemptions", "Sales and Use Tax", "Towing", "Trails", "Transit Transportation Investment Fund", "Transportation", "Transportation Commission", "Transportation Fund", "Transportation Funding", "Vehicle Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 23
action_count: 81
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-03T21:32:57+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T17:09:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df9a511d-aa1e-4e84-b57d-e9319098bc24"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0242.html"
source_hash: "3bf3e2c8a79dcedaaa9389e0855c2c9017da8a20371187b8c9cc8ca42f7ed963"
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 242 (2026) — Transportation 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/SB0242.xml)
2. **Amended 2/24/2026 10:02:565** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0242S02_2026-02-24_10-18-41.pdf)
3. **Amended 2/26/2026 12:02:137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0242S02_2026-02-26_12-08-24.pdf)
4. **Amended 3/3/2026 19:03:474** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0242S03_2026-03-03_19-53-49.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 2/24/2026 10:02:565** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0242S02_2026-02-24_10-18-41.pdf)
6. **Amended Excerpts 2/26/2026 12:02:137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0242S02_2026-02-26_12-08-24.pdf)
7. **Amended Excerpts 3/3/2026 19:03:474** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0242S03_2026-03-03_19-53-49.pdf)
8. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0242 To SB0242S01.pdf)
9. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0242S01 To SB0242S02.pdf)
10. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0242S02 To SB0242S03.pdf)
11. **Comparison to Sub #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0242S03 To SB0242S04.pdf)
12. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0242S03.Hamd.2.pdf)
13. **House Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0242S03.Hamd.3.pdf)
14. **House Amendment 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0242S03.Hamd.4.pdf)
15. **House Amendment 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0242S03.Hamd.5.pdf)
16. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0242S02.Samd.1.pdf)
17. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0242S02.Samd.2.pdf)
18. **Senate Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0242S02.Samd.3.pdf)
19. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0242S01.xml)
20. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0242S02.xml)
21. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0242S03.xml)
22. **Substitute #4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0242S04.xml)
23. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0242.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **20–7** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **55–14** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **18–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03T21:32:57+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-03T21:32:57+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-03T21:32:59+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0242
- **2026-02-03T21:32:59+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0242
- **2026-02-03T22:25:44+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-03T22:29:48+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-04T21:14:21+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T19:51:48+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0242
- **2026-02-06T16:55:21+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0242
- **2026-02-06T17:49:17+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T22:07:50+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0242S01
- **2026-02-09T22:07:50+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0242S01
- **2026-02-09T22:44:12+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee]
- **2026-02-09T23:39:40+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T21:34:28+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee]
- **2026-02-10T21:34:29+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-12T01:07:08+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0242S01
- **2026-02-12T04:49:14+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0242S01
- **2026-02-19T20:01:55+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0242S02
- **2026-02-19T20:01:55+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0242S02
- **2026-02-23T13:10:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0242S02
- **2026-02-23T13:55:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0242S02
- **2026-02-24T00:55:34+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-24T00:57:34+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-24T00:59:22+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-24T01:01:45+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24T18:09:14+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24T18:09:35+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-24T23:05:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0242S02
- **2026-02-25T03:55:13+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0242S02
- **2026-02-26T18:51:09+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-26T18:51:58+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-26T18:56:03+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-26T18:56:04+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-26T19:25:43+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T21:30:37+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-27T12:18:27+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0242S02
- **2026-02-27T15:35:46+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0242S02
- **2026-02-27T18:54:07+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Transportation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-01T00:31:04+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0242S03
- **2026-03-01T00:31:04+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0242S03
- **2026-03-02T16:16:38+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Transportation Committee]
- **2026-03-02T16:17:28+00:00** House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed [House Transportation Committee] `failure`
- **2026-03-02T23:38:18+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0242S03
- **2026-03-03T00:32:26+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0242S03
- **2026-03-03T23:48:07+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-03T23:49:36+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-03T23:54:23+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-03T23:55:18+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T02:35:20+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended [House Transportation Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04T02:35:21+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T02:40:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0242S03
- **2026-03-04T02:46:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0242S03
- **2026-03-04T02:57:36+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-05T19:31:56+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T18:00:09+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0242S04
- **2026-03-06T18:00:09+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0242S04
- **2026-03-06T18:27:34+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T18:41:24+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-03-06T18:46:49+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T18:46:51+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T19:04:47+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0242S04
- **2026-03-06T19:05:06+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0242S04
- **2026-03-06T21:18:50+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T21:18:51+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T22:01:00+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-07T03:15:24+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-07T03:17:27+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T03:17:28+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T03:42:13+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:42:14+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-07T03:42:15+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-10T15:20:20+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-10T15:20:21+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T20:16:11+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T20:16:14+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T21:20:43+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T21:20:52+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T16:36:03+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T16:36:05+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T17:09:00+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/df9a511d-aa1e-4e84-b57d-e9319098bc24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).