---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mining Operations Amendments"
description: "Mining Operations Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 353"
citation: "Utah HB 353 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Natural Resources", "Mining", "Natural Resources", "Oil and Gas"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bolinder, Bridger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e5f952f-296b-4a06-ad27-93af4f0208ce"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0353.html"
source_hash: "ee93716f1ca5fc2d41dcbde601765ed7a26e5cadbf154f4593d1a3e97e5c391a"
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 353 (2024) — Mining Operations 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0353.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0353.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **17–9** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **57–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bolinder, Bridger — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-22** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-31** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2024-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-13** to Senate
- **2024-02-13** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** to Senate Business and Labor Committee
- **2024-02-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-02-29** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to House
- **2024-02-29** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-12** 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/0e5f952f-296b-4a06-ad27-93af4f0208ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).