---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concurrent Resolution Recognizing the University of Utah's John R. Park Debate Society"
description: "Concurrent Resolution Recognizing the University of Utah's John R. Park Debate Society"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.C.R. 3"
citation: "Utah H.C.R. 3 (2018)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "Resolutions", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d509371-5937-4ff9-a664-00a048100d83"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HCR003.html"
source_hash: "a85afaf4e257fbe68768c72ab14835415322f19d9aad68391bc4b3519a796f68"
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. 3 (2018) — Concurrent Resolution Recognizing the University of Utah's John R. Park Debate Society

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillint/HCR003.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HCR003.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Iwamoto, Jani — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-17** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-18** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-29** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-29** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2018-01-29** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2018-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-02** to Senate
- **2018-02-02** received from House
- **2018-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-02-02** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-02-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-02** to House
- **2018-02-02** received from Senate
- **2018-02-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-02-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-23** 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/5d509371-5937-4ff9-a664-00a048100d83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).