---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 315 Aquaculture Amendments"
description: "H.B. 315 Aquaculture Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 315"
citation: "Utah H.B. 315 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Froerer, Gage"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88dd2f02-b73b-4479-bb40-0770abfbb674"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0315.html"
source_hash: "b6f8a7339cf8ff46f06832d62ac44fd331079b9cc6972596890d80c87dfaae5b"
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. 315 (2017) — H.B. 315 Aquaculture 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/HB0315S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0315S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0315.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 4 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Froerer, Gage — primary (person)
- Buxton, D. Gregg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-08** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-14** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-21** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-22** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-22** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** floor amendment # 3
- **2017-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-01** to Senate
- **2017-03-01** received from House
- **2017-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 4
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-03-06** 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** 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
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-25** 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/88dd2f02-b73b-4479-bb40-0770abfbb674`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).