---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 396 Paleontological Resources Amendments"
description: "H.B. 396 Paleontological Resources Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "Utah HB 396 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Geological Survey", "Municipalities", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elison, Joseph"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b61509dc-b703-46cc-9b42-d92915fde736"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0396.html"
source_hash: "43c32262cfd8ddfd19e710f5940bbc297626788c0a585c17b24818d46e030b15"
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 396 (2023) — H.B. 396 Paleontological Resources 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/HB0396S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillamd/HB0396S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0396.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elison, Joseph — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-06** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-07** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-09** to House Political Subdivisions Committee
- **2023-02-14** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2023-02-21** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-22** to Senate
- **2023-02-22** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-24** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-06** 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/b61509dc-b703-46cc-9b42-d92915fde736`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).