# Utah S.B. 269: Telecommunications Amendments Utah S.B. 269, Telecommunications Amendments, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Wayne A. Harper (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-19 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB269-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah S.B. 269 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Telecommunications Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-12 - Last action: 2025-03-19, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Telecommunications, Public Utilities and Technology, Public Service Commission - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 16 (132 yes, 8 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Utah can restore phone service guarantees: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, the Utah Public Service Commission can restore carrier-of-last-resort duties in any wire center's service area. These duties require a phone company to serve locations in that area. The commission can act on its own or after a request for agency action. Before restoring or ch… - Fewer phone carriers qualify for support: cost, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, carrier-of-last-resort support from Utah's phone service fund is limited to rate-of-return-regulated carriers. Separate eligibility and one-time payment rules for other carriers are removed. Eligible carriers must provide access lines, connections, or wholesale broadband, and… - Some home phone guarantees end: mixed, medium. Starting July 1, 2025, price-regulated incumbent phone companies no longer have to serve every location in their local areas. They must keep basic home phone service at locations where customers subscribed on or before July 1, 2025. This protection lasts until the Utah Public Service Commission ado… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-03 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 68 | 0 | | | 2025-02-28 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-02-28 | House | House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 21 | 2 | | | 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate/ floor amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-21 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-21 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-21 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 21 | 6 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ floor amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (38) - 2025-03-19: Governor Signed - 2025-03-13: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-03-03: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-03: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-28: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-28: House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar (House) - 2025-02-28: House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-28: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-25: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-24: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ floor amendment (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-11: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0269.pdf) - Amended 2/24/2025 15:02:856, 2025-02-24: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0269_2025-02-24_15-29-29.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-02-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0269.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0269.pdf) - [Amended 2/24/2025 15:02:856 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0269_2025-02-24_15-29-29.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0269.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB269-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).