---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 45 Domesticated Elk Program Amendments"
description: "H.B. 45 Domesticated Elk Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Utah HB 45 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bbf824e-3aa1-426a-9730-b6c63a5b7cf2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0045.html"
source_hash: "d8c256eb1465c736aa13d36b653e02d5e520837c59388b06b8f20880b823dc18"
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 45 (2023) — H.B. 45 Domesticated Elk Program 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/HB0045S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0045.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-04** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-18** to Senate
- **2023-01-19** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-01-24** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2023-02-06** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2023-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-08** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** circled
- **2023-02-10** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-15** uncircled
- **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** to House with amendments
- **2023-02-16** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-02-17** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** to Senate
- **2023-02-17** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-17** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-17** to House
- **2023-02-21** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-21** 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/8bbf824e-3aa1-426a-9730-b6c63a5b7cf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).