---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mineral Lease Amendments"
description: "Mineral Lease Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 321"
citation: "Utah HB 321 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mineral Lease Funds", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christofferson, Kay J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5593c39a-0f76-49a1-91a9-74a072b06569"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0321.html"
source_hash: "f280d00508d060cc9af008915ce9625c68aeb4f4739c64903d65a5942b581242"
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 321 (2023) — Mineral Lease 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/HB0321.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0321.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christofferson, Kay J. — 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 publicly available
- **2023-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-02** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2023-02-08** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-10** to Senate
- **2023-02-13** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2023-02-16** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** circled
- **2023-02-22** uncircled
- **2023-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-22** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-22** to House
- **2023-02-22** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-24** 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/5593c39a-0f76-49a1-91a9-74a072b06569`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).