---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife Accident Protections"
description: "Wildlife Accident Protections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 427"
citation: "Utah HB 427 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Doug"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4281d3a-9062-48c4-b698-3f2f2dbdbc77"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0427.html"
source_hash: "26cf4b23e899c9d6b175e4c2d4a0bb5487ccbab867f1476766d3968021020da3"
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 427 (2022) — Wildlife Accident Protections

## 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/HB0427.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HB0427.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0427.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Reconsider actions — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Owens, Doug — primary (person)
- Anderegg, Jacob L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-17** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-02-17** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-22** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** House Comm - Reconsider actions
- **2022-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** circled
- **2022-02-25** uncircled
- **2022-02-25** floor amendment # 1
- **2022-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-25** to Senate
- **2022-02-28** received from House
- **2022-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2022-03-02** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** placed back on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** circled
- **2022-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2022-03-04** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** placed back on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-04** to House
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** 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/d4281d3a-9062-48c4-b698-3f2f2dbdbc77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).