---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week"
description: "Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 179"
citation: "Utah S.B. 179 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "State Symbols and Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, J. Stuart"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a47813b-7001-4ce5-880f-7e4ce9bce1cb"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0179.html"
source_hash: "6f9e796faaa0325717c7925113c46f2292fa2da550be13245db6286d4408461c"
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 S.B. 179 (2017) — Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week

## 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/sbillint/SB0179.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0179.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Adams, J. Stuart — primary (person)
- Handy, Stephen G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-03** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-04** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-06** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2017-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-08** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-13** to House
- **2017-02-13** received from Senate
- **2017-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-21** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-23** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-02-23** to Senate
- **2017-02-23** received from House
- **2017-02-23** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-23** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-02-28** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-01** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-01** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-14** 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/2a47813b-7001-4ce5-880f-7e4ce9bce1cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).