---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 344 Utah Agriculture Code Amendments"
description: "H.B. 344 Utah Agriculture Code Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 344"
citation: "Utah H.B. 344 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry, Lee B."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83d212b5-8624-4659-af2b-762fb73c3bdc"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0344.html"
source_hash: "41d3d8c4b301184c22f04ce7c703d00cf0e2352eecc6d89675c6e94cdd2e3c31"
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. 344 (2017) — H.B. 344 Utah Agriculture Code 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/HB0344S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0344S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0344.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **63–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Perry, Lee B. — primary (person)
- Dayton, Margaret — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-10** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-13** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-17** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-22** comm rpt/substituted/Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-23** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-24** to Senate
- **2017-02-24** received from House
- **2017-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** 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** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-09** to House with amendments
- **2017-03-09** motion to reconsider
- **2017-03-09** floor amendment # Verbal
- **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`
- **2017-03-24** 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/83d212b5-8624-4659-af2b-762fb73c3bdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).