---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 147 Confinement of Egg-laying Hens"
description: "S.B. 147 Confinement of Egg-laying Hens"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Utah SB 147 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Agriculture & Food", "Animal Health", "Animals", "Business", "Department of Agriculture and Food", "Food"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandall, Scott D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0369c930-7684-4191-9788-a5e89cce493f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0147.html"
source_hash: "5de34a2acc8b1ee3db7f103ef2c34dbda168c5de8d1be192ae15478e36395e07"
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 SB 147 (2021) — S.B. 147 Confinement of Egg-laying Hens

## 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/sbillint/SB0147S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0147.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–2** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **63–7** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed — **4–10** (fail) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sandall, Scott D. — primary (person)
- Ferry, Joel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-08** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2021-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-17** to House
- **2021-02-17** received from Senate
- **2021-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed
- **2021-02-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2021-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-25** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2021-03-04** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-04** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** substituted from # 3 to # 4
- **2021-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-05** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-17** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-17** 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/0369c930-7684-4191-9788-a5e89cce493f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).