---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concurrent Resolution Calling for the Creation of a National Federalism Task Force"
description: "Concurrent Resolution Calling for the Creation of a National Federalism Task Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.C.R. 16"
citation: "Utah H.C.R. 16 (2020)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Federalism", "Legislative Operations", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christofferson, Kay J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-17"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16d6255d-a4d9-43c6-946f-07527764b99a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HCR016.html"
source_hash: "7010a6bd8c37c93427524db1ead775639ef65e06d31d85ab244931d40d243ec8"
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. 16 (2020) — Concurrent Resolution Calling for the Creation of a National Federalism Task Force

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillint/HCR016.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HCR016.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **21–4** (pass) · upper
- floor amendment failed — **13–43** (fail) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **59–8** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christofferson, Kay J. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-17** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-20** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** floor amendment failed
- **2020-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-28** to Senate
- **2020-02-28** received from House
- **2020-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-10** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2020-03-12** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-12** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-03-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-12** to House
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-28** 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/16d6255d-a4d9-43c6-946f-07527764b99a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).