---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 257 Utah State Park Amendments"
description: "H.B. 257 Utah State Park Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 257"
citation: "Utah HB 257 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Department of Natural Resources", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Natural Resources", "Parks and Recreation", "Public Lands", "State Lands", "State Parks and Recreation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34c6928c-fcb4-410d-a9a7-d99d8009966c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0257.html"
source_hash: "ab28257f792bfa0c8ca2dad7241fa265f9678dbddd8c81e0883f511c83aee181"
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 257 (2021) — H.B. 257 Utah State Park Amendments

## 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/HB0257S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0257.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **63–9** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **62–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-16** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-18** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-22** to Senate
- **2021-02-22** received from House
- **2021-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** circled
- **2021-03-03** uncircled
- **2021-03-03** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-03** received from Senate
- **2021-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **2021-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-04** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/34c6928c-fcb4-410d-a9a7-d99d8009966c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).