---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uintah Basin Air Quality Research Project Amendments"
description: "Uintah Basin Air Quality Research Project Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 319"
citation: "Utah HB 319 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air Quality", "Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Environment", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chew, Scott H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0af9522-8325-49d9-b88d-4b012d8d695e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0319.html"
source_hash: "a2cd67aa5101fad965613fa16d1f93aef2082a4751196f12a9d782cbe14c40da"
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 319 (2023) — Uintah Basin Air Quality Research Project 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/HB0319.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0319.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **22–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chew, Scott H. — primary (person)
- Winterton, Ronald M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-27** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-30** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-01-31** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-06** to Senate
- **2023-02-07** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- **2023-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-16** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-16** to House
- **2023-02-16** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-20** 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/a0af9522-8325-49d9-b88d-4b012d8d695e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).