---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concurrent Resolution to Create Awareness Regarding the Value of Birth Tissues"
description: "Concurrent Resolution to Create Awareness Regarding the Value of Birth Tissues"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.C.R. 17"
citation: "Utah H.C.R. 17 (2020)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Health", "Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daw, Brad M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-18"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec715ea0-7542-4a00-9d1f-6cb95501bd32"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HCR017.html"
source_hash: "77b04a297c85999c03e59c87f6a1d6d9d443265f6f4a07ea8f07b44866611f35"
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. 17 (2020) — Concurrent Resolution to Create Awareness Regarding the Value of Birth Tissues

## 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/HCR017.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HCR017.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daw, Brad M. — primary (person)
- Escamilla, Luz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-18** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-18** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-27** to Senate
- **2020-02-28** received from House
- **2020-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** 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`
- **2020-03-24** 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/ec715ea0-7542-4a00-9d1f-6cb95501bd32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).