---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Improving Air Quality Through Enhanced Zero Emission Rail"
description: "H.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Improving Air Quality Through Enhanced Zero Emission Rail"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HCR 7"
citation: "Utah HCR 7 (2022)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Air Quality", "Emissions Control", "Environment", "Legislative Operations", "Motor Vehicles", "Railroads", "Resolutions", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard, Melissa G."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84fab42d-818b-4ea5-b683-513ed12e93cc"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HCR007.html"
source_hash: "bfc8b0b26f50597598b056b40d5f60bc5d18dc69095e4e82d249f13c8cf8e45b"
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 7 (2022) — H.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Improving Air Quality Through Enhanced Zero Emission Rail

## 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/HCR007S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HCR007S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HCR007.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Held — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballard, Melissa G. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** House Comm - Held
- **2022-02-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-02-02** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2022-02-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-10** to Senate
- **2022-02-11** received from House
- **2022-02-11** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** comm rpt/amended
- **2022-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-18** to House with amendments
- **2022-02-18** received from Senate
- **2022-02-18** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-02-22** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-02-22** to Senate
- **2022-02-22** received from House
- **2022-02-22** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-22** to House
- **2022-02-22** received from Senate
- **2022-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-24** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-24** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-02-24** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-02-24** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-01** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-03** 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/84fab42d-818b-4ea5-b683-513ed12e93cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).