---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide Resource Management Plan Amendments"
description: "Statewide Resource Management Plan Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "Utah SB 44 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Natural Resources", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Land Use", "Natural Resources", "Public Lands", "State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-22T22:50:25+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-26T19:43:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bed178e-65cf-4c0b-9aef-657fa329abf1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0044.html"
source_hash: "543d23e4164e1edc86c678c5978f968bf7387e83ccb2a8edd2fb83a083314b17"
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 SB 44 (2026) — Statewide Resource Management Plan 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/SB0044.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0044.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- Ivory, Ken — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-22T22:50:25+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-22T22:50:25+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-22T22:50:27+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0044
- **2025-12-22T22:50:27+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0044
- **2026-01-05T20:21:48+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0044
- **2026-01-05T20:21:50+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0044
- **2026-01-07T17:05:52+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-12T17:02:24+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T22:09:44+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-21T18:44:22+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-21T18:48:05+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-21T18:48:06+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-01-21T20:21:35+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-22T18:11:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-05T19:05:34+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T22:01:50+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:21:32+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:21:33+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-18T17:17:18+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-18T17:19:32+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-18T17:19:33+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-18T17:19:34+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-18T21:28:33+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T21:28:34+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-20T16:59:54+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-20T16:59:57+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-02T21:21:22+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02T21:21:24+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T22:36:12+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T22:36:14+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26T19:43:42+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/6bed178e-65cf-4c0b-9aef-657fa329abf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).