---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concurrent Resolution in Support of the Creation of a New National Park"
description: "Concurrent Resolution in Support of the Creation of a New National Park"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.C.R. 8"
citation: "Utah S.C.R. 8 (2018)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Parks", "Resolutions", "Natural Resources", "Public Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Okerlund, Ralph"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50f82103-e6c6-4b10-9469-0ee56ae78e56"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SCR008.html"
source_hash: "6a467fff698a1bbab056fc7ee0b1313118661bcbfdc2bb47861d804311d48b1a"
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. 8 (2018) — Concurrent Resolution in Support of the Creation of a New National Park

## 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/SCR008.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SCR008.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **21–4** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **22–3** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **52–17** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Okerlund, Ralph — primary (person)
- Noel, Michael E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-29** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-30** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-31** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** circled
- **2018-02-20** uncircled
- **2018-02-20** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-21** to House
- **2018-02-21** received from Senate
- **2018-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-06** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-06** to Senate
- **2018-03-06** received from House
- **2018-03-06** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** 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/50f82103-e6c6-4b10-9469-0ee56ae78e56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).