---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife Species Introduction Amendments"
description: "Wildlife Species Introduction Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 48"
citation: "Utah H.B. 48 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-20"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a3e6704-16ca-41a3-b0be-7463677c55c4"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0048.html"
source_hash: "6ab9b029c468fc2e148010a0b45bdf484f3007c22cd198e1c3276f493fbcd416"
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. 48 (2017) — Wildlife Species Introduction 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/HB0048.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0048.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Albrecht, Carl R. — primary (person)
- Dayton, Margaret — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2016-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-17** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-13** to Senate
- **2017-02-14** received from House
- **2017-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** circled
- **2017-02-23** uncircled
- **2017-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-23** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-02-23** to House
- **2017-02-23** received from Senate
- **2017-02-23** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-23** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-20** 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/3a3e6704-16ca-41a3-b0be-7463677c55c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).