---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 43 State Dinosaur Amendment"
description: "S.B. 43 State Dinosaur Amendment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 43"
citation: "Utah S.B. 43 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "State Symbols and Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67bae8f4-778a-4891-b0a5-615d5404de51"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0043.html"
source_hash: "37f16f49c956e037bbd1d6126e6cb02b0ac6e10e1d3459aeeca9c036b4440d5d"
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. 43 (2018) — S.B. 43 State Dinosaur 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/~2018/bills/sbillint/SB0043S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0043.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-09** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-05** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2018-02-12** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-02-12** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-02-12** to House
- **2018-02-13** received from Senate
- **2018-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-16** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-20** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-20** to Senate
- **2018-02-20** received from House
- **2018-02-20** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-21** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-02-21** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/67bae8f4-778a-4891-b0a5-615d5404de51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).