---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forestry and Fire Amendments"
description: "Forestry and Fire Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 496"
citation: "Utah HB 496 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Firefighters' Retirement", "Forestry and Fire", "Natural Resources", "Public Lands", "Public Retirement and Insurance", "Public Safety Retirement", "State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley, Troy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-05T15:16:56+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T14:52:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2eb52d20-f0f8-4c3c-86d4-3eaa6810863e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0496.html"
source_hash: "5f02e6e11a65650d65748d657f63ff8415f22cf4d6d52c81c91f7914f62dfbb0"
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 496 (2026) — Forestry and Fire 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0496.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0496 To HB0496S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0496S01 To HB0496S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0496S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0496S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0496.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **55–15** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **61–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelley, Troy — primary (person)
- Owens, Derrin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05T15:16:56+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-05T15:16:56+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-05T15:16:59+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0496
- **2026-02-05T15:16:59+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0496
- **2026-02-05T17:06:09+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-05T18:21:51+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-10T00:48:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0496
- **2026-02-10T18:15:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0496
- **2026-02-10T20:53:56+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-12T18:41:45+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T21:00:00+00:00** House Comm - Not Considered [House Revenue and Taxation Committee]
- **2026-02-18T15:23:25+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18T21:10:55+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18T21:10:56+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-24T18:06:19+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24T18:06:42+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-27T18:49:10+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0496S01
- **2026-02-27T18:49:10+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0496S01
- **2026-02-27T21:31:54+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-27T21:32:39+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-27T21:41:23+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-02T15:51:25+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-02T16:23:16+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-02T17:30:36+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-02T22:07:06+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T15:36:46+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0496S01
- **2026-03-03T17:28:21+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0496S01
- **2026-03-03T23:32:59+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T16:38:18+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T16:38:19+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T23:01:24+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0496S02
- **2026-03-04T23:01:24+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0496S02
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T00:08:09+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T02:36:29+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0496S02
- **2026-03-05T02:42:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0496S02
- **2026-03-05T02:42:42+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T02:44:10+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-03-05T02:46:58+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T02:46:59+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-05T17:12:38+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T17:12:39+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T19:08:29+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T19:08:30+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T22:22:29+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T22:22:30+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:22:31+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T00:10:52+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T00:10:53+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T19:51:39+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T19:51:40+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T18:32:43+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T18:32:46+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:57:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:57:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T14:52:00+00:00** 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/2eb52d20-f0f8-4c3c-86d4-3eaa6810863e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).