---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concurrent Resolution Addressing the Great Salt Lake"
description: "Concurrent Resolution Addressing the Great Salt Lake"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HCR 9"
citation: "Utah HCR 9 (2026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Federalism", "Resolutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elison, Joseph"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30T18:55:18+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:23:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5860d270-0d3e-43a1-b261-9e998c3f4262"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HCR009.html"
source_hash: "8dde4741a1f4f3ffb2825b747eda59d957f2a402d142b96d1213f0758969ce2e"
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 HCR 9 (2026) — Concurrent Resolution Addressing the Great Salt Lake

## 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/HCR009.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HCR009 To HCR009S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HCR009S01 To HCR009S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HCR009S02 To HCR009S03.pdf)
5. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HCR009S01.xml)
6. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HCR009S02.xml)
7. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HCR009S03.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HCR009.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **26–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elison, Joseph — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30T18:55:18+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-30T18:55:18+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-30T18:55:19+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HCR009
- **2026-01-30T18:55:19+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HCR009
- **2026-01-31T00:15:34+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-02T18:18:30+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-02T20:29:51+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HCR009
- **2026-02-02T20:29:52+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HCR009
- **2026-02-03T15:22:34+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T19:00:22+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T22:41:14+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HCR009S01
- **2026-02-26T22:41:14+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HCR009S01
- **2026-02-26T23:16:55+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-02-26T23:17:48+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T01:43:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HCR009S01
- **2026-02-27T01:43:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HCR009S01
- **2026-02-27T02:51:03+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-02-27T02:51:04+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-02T16:50:04+00:00** House/ placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-02T22:58:13+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-02T22:58:38+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-03-03T16:11:26+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HCR009S02
- **2026-03-03T16:11:26+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HCR009S02
- **2026-03-03T17:05:23+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-03-03T17:06:30+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-03-03T17:12:14+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-03T17:12:16+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-03T18:45:53+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T18:47:29+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-03T18:55:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HCR009S02
- **2026-03-03T18:55:32+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HCR009S02
- **2026-03-04T01:41:17+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T22:25:31+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:01:07+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:01:08+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T03:08:53+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T18:31:41+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HCR009S03
- **2026-03-06T18:31:41+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HCR009S03
- **2026-03-06T18:31:51+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T18:39:16+00:00** Senate/ substitute adoption failed `failure`
- **2026-03-06T18:40:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HCR009S03
- **2026-03-06T18:40:02+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HCR009S03
- **2026-03-06T18:42:19+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T18:42:20+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T18:42:21+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T18:58:17+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T18:58:18+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-07T06:20:08+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-07T06:20:11+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T18:14:33+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T18:14:35+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-17T16:57:48+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-17T16:57:50+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:23:00+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/5860d270-0d3e-43a1-b261-9e998c3f4262`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).