---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 261 Fire Related Amendments"
description: "H.B. 261 Fire Related Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "Utah HB 261 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Fire Control", "Forestry and Fire", "Natural Resources", "New Rulemaking Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Snider, Casey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fb3446c-a6c0-498e-915e-3a4b6a3b9005"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0261.html"
source_hash: "bacfa2e0b9dcd6ccd9fbc7db1c0894829d4ab99a4549125c0fa3029445a410ed"
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 261 (2023) — H.B. 261 Fire Related 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/HB0261S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0261.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Snider, Casey — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-27** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-01-30** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-01-30** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-03** to Senate
- **2023-02-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-16** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2023-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2023-02-27** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** circled
- **2023-02-28** uncircled
- **2023-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to House with amendments
- **2023-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-28** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House
- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** 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/8fb3446c-a6c0-498e-915e-3a4b6a3b9005`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).