---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Food Advisory Council Amendments"
description: "Local Food Advisory Council Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 297"
citation: "Utah HB 297 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Food", "Boards and Committees", "Food", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Legislative Operations", "Sunsets and Repealers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy, Stephen G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb25aa07-a389-49eb-b5a8-7f79aa2dfd48"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0297.html"
source_hash: "4fe17a53f5e8a188d0a052b869f64faa9350fb11f10d279d94cf2b6e1a7bc0dd"
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 297 (2022) — Local Food Advisory Council 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/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0297.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0297.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Handy, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Davis, Gene — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-03** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-03** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-11** to Senate
- **2022-02-14** received from House
- **2022-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-24** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-24** to House
- **2022-02-24** received from Senate
- **2022-02-24** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-28** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-28** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-10** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-21** 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/bb25aa07-a389-49eb-b5a8-7f79aa2dfd48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).