---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concurrent Resolution Urging Policies That Reduce Damage from Wildfires"
description: "Concurrent Resolution Urging Policies That Reduce Damage from Wildfires"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.C.R. 5"
citation: "Utah H.C.R. 5 (2019)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Air", "Forests", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7599819c-0756-420e-96a7-209b7e882b07"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HCR005.html"
source_hash: "5b71859bc19d02953d61d4a4b4516b5df848a8dd4e6a8c75ba4be789afb0b50c"
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. 5 (2019) — Concurrent Resolution Urging Policies That Reduce Damage from Wildfires

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HCR005.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HCR005.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HCR005.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
- Winterton, Ronald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-07** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-07** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-21** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-22** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-02-15** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-02-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** floor amendment # 3
- **2019-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-25** to Senate
- **2019-02-25** received from House
- **2019-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-12** to House
- **2019-03-12** received from Senate
- **2019-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-22** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-22** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-28** 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/7599819c-0756-420e-96a7-209b7e882b07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).