---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urban Farming Assessment Amendments"
description: "Urban Farming Assessment Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "Utah HB 397 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Farmland Assessment", "Property Tax", "Revenue and Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kohler, Mike L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bc90030-e84e-4f62-b8f1-c1495e24ea9e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0397.html"
source_hash: "7698a3c7675ea8637e71cff3878e7b4daa94ad085269d48be5c06931e3c571f6"
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 397 (2023) — Urban Farming Assessment 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/HB0397.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0397.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kohler, Mike L. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — 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
- **2023-02-06** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-02-07** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-09** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-16** to Senate
- **2023-02-16** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** 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
- **2023-02-28** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-02** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** 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/9bc90030-e84e-4f62-b8f1-c1495e24ea9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).