---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Bird of Prey Designation"
description: "State Bird of Prey Designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "Utah SB 116 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "State Symbols and Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db5fc3d7-5c04-4210-999f-fca8510a6190"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0116.html"
source_hash: "77f1c26b0763ff9d79b4f5f339fd623e7cf57115377f862e2f93deb53f4c5290"
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 116 (2022) — State Bird of Prey Designation

## 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/sbillint/SB0116.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0116.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **58–11** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **22–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Judkins, Marsha — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-18** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-19** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2022-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** circled
- **2022-02-08** uncircled
- **2022-02-08** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2022-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-10** to House
- **2022-02-10** received from Senate
- **2022-02-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-18** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2022-02-22** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2022-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-24** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-02-24** to Senate
- **2022-02-24** received from House
- **2022-02-24** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-28** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-02-28** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23** 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/db5fc3d7-5c04-4210-999f-fca8510a6190`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).