---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.C.R. 6 Concurrent Resolution Supporting the Re-empowerment of the States Amendment"
description: "H.C.R. 6 Concurrent Resolution Supporting the Re-empowerment of the States Amendment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.C.R. 6"
citation: "Utah H.C.R. 6 (2017)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Federal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/023fa6bc-a5a2-44c6-b7a2-0638a0b3db98"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HCR006.html"
source_hash: "ef7f43f57181319c30c2581a0d84cfc5b69758b9fbc18c2eed960eee3d3cfe89"
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.C.R. 6 (2017) — H.C.R. 6 Concurrent Resolution Supporting the Re-empowerment of the States Amendment

## 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/HCR006S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HCR006S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HCR006.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **17–4** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **60–11** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **21–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
- Adams, J. Stuart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-10** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2017-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2017-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-10** to Senate
- **2017-02-10** received from House
- **2017-02-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** circled
- **2017-02-22** uncircled
- **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
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-23** 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/023fa6bc-a5a2-44c6-b7a2-0638a0b3db98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).