---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural Land Use Regulation"
description: "Agricultural Land Use Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 171"
citation: "Utah HB 171 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Agriculture & Food", "Counties", "Land Use", "Local Government Ordinances", "Municipalities", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chew, Scott H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5647169c-dea7-43de-8479-ffadbde43e8a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0171.html"
source_hash: "08020a4c83d0b061f027b4e6baa8a92dbe36837b34005ee2ff3c307538ab9fdb"
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 HB 171 (2021) — Agricultural Land Use Regulation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0171.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0171.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–2** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chew, Scott H. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-18** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-01** to Senate
- **2021-02-02** received from House
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-12** to House
- **2021-02-12** received from Senate
- **2021-02-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** 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/5647169c-dea7-43de-8479-ffadbde43e8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).