---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 250 Mineral Exploration Tax Credit"
description: "S.B. 250 Mineral Exploration Tax Credit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Utah SB 250 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Mining", "Natural Resources", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Revenue and Taxation", "Severance Tax", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinkins, David P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a218a31-8199-47c3-860e-b9dabca34813"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0250.html"
source_hash: "0c548bac62dbd569fcc3f14d30e4c449eecd79f5a0f0bc0ba6503441c1440dbc"
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 250 (2022) — S.B. 250 Mineral Exploration Tax Credit

## 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/SB0250S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0250.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **59–11** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hinkins, David P. — primary (person)
- Lund, Steven J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-24** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-24** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-24** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-25** to Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** substituted from # 0 to # 2
- **2022-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-01** to House
- **2022-03-01** received from Senate
- **2022-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-03-04** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-03-04** to Senate
- **2022-03-05** received from House
- **2022-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** 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`
- **2022-03-21** 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/5a218a31-8199-47c3-860e-b9dabca34813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).