---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concurrent Resolution on the Importance of Civil Liberties for Students"
description: "Concurrent Resolution on the Importance of Civil Liberties for Students"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.C.R. 3"
citation: "Utah S.C.R. 3 (2018)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Education", "Higher Education", "Declaration of Rights - Const. Art. I", "Constitution", "Legislative Affairs", "Administrative Rules", "Freedom of Speech - Const. Art. I", "Sec 15", "Freedom of Religion - Const. Art. I", "Sec. 4"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dabakis, Jim"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-12-21"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cd4f010-3666-4dc3-a2e9-8e15fae7eef8"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SCR003.html"
source_hash: "e2f431eb48766f02d0024898402a5a1fb3a28fa34dc41faa4c3e618b9e41267c"
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.C.R. 3 (2018) — Concurrent Resolution on the Importance of Civil Liberties for Students

## 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/SCR003.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SCR003.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SCR003.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **55–14** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dabakis, Jim — primary (person)
- Coleman, Kim F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-12-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-26** to House
- **2018-01-29** received from Senate
- **2018-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-14** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-22** to Senate
- **2018-02-22** received from House
- **2018-02-22** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-02-23** concurs with House amendment
- **2018-02-23** to House
- **2018-02-23** received from Senate
- **2018-02-23** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-23** to Senate
- **2018-02-26** received from House
- **2018-02-26** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-05** 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** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20** 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/8cd4f010-3666-4dc3-a2e9-8e15fae7eef8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).