---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 217 Livestock Harassment"
description: "H.B. 217 Livestock Harassment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 217"
citation: "Utah H.B. 217 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Livestock"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chew, Scott H."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a148deb-02e3-4fc0-a86f-adb41745b836"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0217.html"
source_hash: "6e9fef954589aaeac79c0972be95bbfe58b5237a5513e96706955f2f6106c55a"
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. 217 (2017) — H.B. 217 Livestock Harassment

## 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/HB0217S03.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0217S03.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0217.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chew, Scott H. — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-26** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-08** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2017-02-14** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3
- **2017-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-27** to Senate
- **2017-02-27** received from House
- **2017-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-03-09** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-09** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** floor amendment # Verbal
- **2017-03-09** circled
- **2017-03-09** uncircled
- **2017-03-09** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-09** to House with amendments
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-09** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-09** to House
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** 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`
- **2017-03-21** 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/5a148deb-02e3-4fc0-a86f-adb41745b836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).