---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture Regulation Preemption Amendments"
description: "Agriculture Regulation Preemption Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 280"
citation: "Utah H.B. 280 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Pesticide and Pest Control", "Plant Industry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy, Stephen G."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b101e00-8878-433c-a5cf-c5629849aba8"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0280.html"
source_hash: "f2285fa056ef1f20210376e754c9e9ae0b2032ee2ffc08b8e082a189ba41acaf"
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. 280 (2017) — Agriculture Regulation Preemption Amendments

## 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/HB0280.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0280.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0280.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **63–11** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **60–10** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Handy, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-03** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-14** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-02-16** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-16** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2017-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-21** to Senate
- **2017-02-21** received from House
- **2017-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** floor amendment # 3
- **2017-03-07** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** floor amendment # 4
- **2017-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-07** to House with amendments
- **2017-03-08** received from Senate
- **2017-03-08** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-08** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2017-03-08** to Senate
- **2017-03-08** received from House
- **2017-03-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-08** to House
- **2017-03-08** received from Senate
- **2017-03-08** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** 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/6b101e00-8878-433c-a5cf-c5629849aba8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).