---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mineral and Rock Amendments"
description: "Mineral and Rock Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Utah HB 79 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mining", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks, Walt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-30"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f86b1c6-c647-473c-b550-c6d743474fa6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0079.html"
source_hash: "a9a851b38632578c46d9558861461ac06703b22cc94b58a2e53fce09b821c771"
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 79 (2021) — Mineral and Rock 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/HB0079.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0079.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0079.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks, Walt — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-30** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-30** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-12-30** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-03** to Senate
- **2021-02-04** received from House
- **2021-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2021-02-11** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-17** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-17** to House
- **2021-02-17** received from Senate
- **2021-02-17** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** 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/3f86b1c6-c647-473c-b550-c6d743474fa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).