---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 197 Cannabis Cultivation Amendments"
description: "H.B. 197 Cannabis Cultivation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 197"
citation: "Utah H.B. 197 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Controlled Substances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daw, Brad M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b7a8122-c745-4092-b98f-7e88d21ab03f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0197.html"
source_hash: "211c2b2ba146606e6d64b8cf2f8faaa3c44d1559ab6c896694160c79c167db75"
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. 197 (2018) — H.B. 197 Cannabis Cultivation 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/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0197S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0197S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0197.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **22–3** (pass) · legislature
- failed — **36–34** (fail) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **38–32** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **20–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Daw, Brad M. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-26** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-09** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2018-02-09** failed `failure`
- **2018-02-09** filed
- **2018-02-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-12** motion to reconsider
- **2018-02-12** circled
- **2018-02-13** uncircled
- **2018-02-13** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-13** to Senate
- **2018-02-14** received from House
- **2018-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2018-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-07** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-07** to House
- **2018-03-07** received from Senate
- **2018-03-07** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-23** 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/5b7a8122-c745-4092-b98f-7e88d21ab03f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).