---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concurrent Resolution Encouraging a Balanced Approach to the Release of Water from Flaming Gorge"
description: "Concurrent Resolution Encouraging a Balanced Approach to the Release of Water from Flaming Gorge"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HCR 1"
citation: "Utah HCR 1 (2021)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Dams and Canals", "Legislative Operations", "Natural Resources", "Public Lands", "Resolutions", "Sovereign Lands", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chew, Scott H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96738ab0-8884-4c89-bc89-2a49d04cfeb3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HCR001.html"
source_hash: "1632af21ca213f14e98092200c193b25c214e08a1c17f8c1d11a9eaaf9e6b9da"
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 HCR 1 (2021) — Concurrent Resolution Encouraging a Balanced Approach to the Release of Water from Flaming Gorge

## 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/HCR001.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HCR001.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-12-16** 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** 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** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-18** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-18** to House
- **2021-02-18** received from Senate
- **2021-02-18** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-22** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-22** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-02-23** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-02-23** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-02-24** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-02-24** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-25** 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/96738ab0-8884-4c89-bc89-2a49d04cfeb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).