---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 423 Department of Agriculture and Food Amendments"
description: "H.B. 423 Department of Agriculture and Food Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 423"
citation: "Utah HB 423 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Food", "Animals", "Aquaculture and Game Ranching", "Department of Agriculture and Food", "Economic Development", "Environment", "Grant Programs and Incentives", "Legislative Operations", "Natural Resources", "Sunsets and Repealers", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferry, Joel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0207d6b7-3607-4e3b-af6f-7137dfb47ec2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0423.html"
source_hash: "5f3fe8cb4f4954d4c043e011b1c10d0b826335404bf309529b896fcf1e3fc942"
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 HB 423 (2022) — H.B. 423 Department of Agriculture and Food Amendments

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0423S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0423.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ferry, Joel — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-17** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-22** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-02-24** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-25** to Senate
- **2022-02-28** received from House
- **2022-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2022-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2022-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2022-03-03** received from Senate
- **2022-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-03** recalled by Senate
- **2022-03-03** to Senate
- **2022-03-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-03-03** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-03-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2022-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-04** to House with amendments
- **2022-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-03-04** to Senate
- **2022-03-04** received from House
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-04** to House
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-21** 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/0207d6b7-3607-4e3b-af6f-7137dfb47ec2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).