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+type: "Bill"
+title: "H.B. 159 Bears Ears Visitor Center Advisory Committee Repeal Amendments"
+description: "H.B. 159 Bears Ears Visitor Center Advisory Committee Repeal Amendments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 159"
+citation: "Utah HB 159 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Conservation District", "Natural Resources"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Doug"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-01-04"
+last_action: "2024-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a417e4f-0fcb-4018-b4b4-8e614744df7f"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0159.html"
+source_hash: "09c85f88b3eee3a2b5db765eb3888b072558b7d0e4816f76c2463d73da2ff838"
+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 HB 159 (2024) — H.B. 159 Bears Ears Visitor Center Advisory Committee Repeal 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0159S02.pdf)
+2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillamd/HB0159S02.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0159.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Owens, Doug — primary (person)
+- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-04** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2024-01-04** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-01-31** fiscal note sent to sponsor
+- **2024-01-31** to Printing with fiscal note
+- **2024-02-05** to House Government Operations Committee
+- **2024-02-09** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
+- **2024-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-12** comm rpt/substituted
+- **2024-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-20** floor amendment # 1
+- **2024-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2024-02-20** to Senate
+- **2024-02-21** received from House `receipt`
+- **2024-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-02-21** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
+- **2024-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
+- **2024-02-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2024-02-27** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2024-03-01** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** to House
+- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
+- **2024-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2024-03-08** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2024-03-08** to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-18** 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/8a417e4f-0fcb-4018-b4b4-8e614744df7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+