---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 447 Transplant of Wildlife Amendments"
description: "H.B. 447 Transplant of Wildlife Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 447"
citation: "Utah HB 447 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chew, Scott H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6b5f615-b028-44cf-9013-a6e9055d1471"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0447.html"
source_hash: "cc5e964c589d06076772fb5fb39d44367844043e5a35895cdec5312f3cb57cef"
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 447 (2023) — H.B. 447 Transplant of Wildlife 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/HB0447S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0447.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **66–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chew, Scott H. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-10** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-13** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-17** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-23** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-27** to Senate
- **2023-02-27** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- **2023-02-28** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2023-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/sent to Rules/substituted
- **2023-03-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 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
- **2023-03-09** 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/e6b5f615-b028-44cf-9013-a6e9055d1471`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).