---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 302 Paleontological Landmark Amendments"
description: "H.B. 302 Paleontological Landmark Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 302"
citation: "Utah HB 302 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Natural Resources", "Geological Survey", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elison, Joseph"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be97b5fe-a157-42a7-8d20-e1c64d393d02"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0302.html"
source_hash: "fcc351ce9bcd06341fa1012f6a02cd1f521bb5d2b1ac16040874a19c3560f03d"
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 302 (2024) — H.B. 302 Paleontological Landmark 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0302S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0302.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-17** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-31** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2024-02-01** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-13** to Senate
- **2024-02-13** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2024-02-20** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2024-02-21** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-02-22** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to House with amendments
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-01** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** 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/be97b5fe-a157-42a7-8d20-e1c64d393d02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).