---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concurrent Resolution Regarding the Volkswagen Settlement"
description: "Concurrent Resolution Regarding the Volkswagen Settlement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.C.R. 8"
citation: "Utah H.C.R. 8 (2017)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkes, Timothy D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94c9ac39-4723-4ec4-8547-1855eb25f21a"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HCR008.html"
source_hash: "7e8289710edd27ba337f1ad173da271e6cf94316caf12e1f05c348e71f6e6990"
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. 8 (2017) — Concurrent Resolution Regarding the Volkswagen Settlement

## 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/HCR008.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HCR008.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hawkes, Timothy D. — primary (person)
- Shiozawa, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-24** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-24** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-25** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-30** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-17** 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 & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-07** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-07** to House
- **2017-03-07** received from Senate
- **2017-03-07** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-07** 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/94c9ac39-4723-4ec4-8547-1855eb25f21a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).