---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.C.R. 20 Concurrent Resolution Supporting Creation of the Utah State University Institute of Land, Water, and Air"
description: "H.C.R. 20 Concurrent Resolution Supporting Creation of the Utah State University Institute of Land, Water, and Air"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HCR 20"
citation: "Utah HCR 20 (2021)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Legislative Operations", "Natural Resources", "Resolutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Snider, Casey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38c4e08f-5edd-46b3-b0c1-b28b33ce6e71"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HCR020.html"
source_hash: "04a60ab4154f8544f33d38458c262acb95addf663b61177217515cc4f5704060"
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 20 (2021) — H.C.R. 20 Concurrent Resolution Supporting Creation of the Utah State University Institute of Land, Water, and Air

## 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/HCR020S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HCR020.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **67–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Snider, Casey — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-22** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-26** to Senate
- **2021-02-26** received from House
- **2021-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-02** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-03-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-05** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-05** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** 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/38c4e08f-5edd-46b3-b0c1-b28b33ce6e71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).