---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Supporting Ranchers Grazing Livestock on Public Lands"
description: "H.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Supporting Ranchers Grazing Livestock on Public Lands"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.C.R. 7"
citation: "Utah H.C.R. 7 (2017)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Livestock", "Resolutions", "Public Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westwood, John R."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25efb419-2081-4e25-ab0d-30edcdff2f00"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HCR007.html"
source_hash: "12d7c02a56e5dfb85aea9ac4e39177a9bbd273943531c74ee27eb6a28544fb6b"
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 H.C.R. 7 (2017) — H.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Supporting Ranchers Grazing Livestock on Public Lands

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HCR007S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HCR007S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HCR007.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Westwood, John R. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-23** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-13** to Senate
- **2017-02-14** received from House
- **2017-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-02** to House
- **2017-03-02** received from Senate
- **2017-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** 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/25efb419-2081-4e25-ab0d-30edcdff2f00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).