---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife Habitat Account Amendments"
description: "Wildlife Habitat Account Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Utah HB 121 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Thomas W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-27"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acf29958-ecc5-4173-aeee-43576b37cb64"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0121.html"
source_hash: "73ca65c2405847884c0f3566ef858c707e2aed53b7abfc470193663a127a9048"
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 121 (2023) — Wildlife Habitat Account 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0121.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0121.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Thomas W. — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-12-28** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-13** to Senate
- **2023-02-13** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-24** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-24** to House
- **2023-02-24** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-24** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-26** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-26** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14** 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/acf29958-ecc5-4173-aeee-43576b37cb64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).