---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Lands Duty of Care Amendments"
description: "Public Lands Duty of Care Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 546"
citation: "Utah HB 546 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Natural Resources", "Federalism", "Natural Resources", "Public Lands", "Revenue and Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ivory, Ken"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11T16:14:42+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T15:37:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acb3f6e0-fddc-4247-8f3f-e991dcc0c738"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0546.html"
source_hash: "47bc73066e6d11919176c9e285cb8ed8a874c2449c85ca2451acc336304c78bf"
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 546 (2026) — Public Lands Duty of Care 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0546.xml)
2. **Amended 2/27/2026 09:02:256** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0546_2026-02-27_09-21-35.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/27/2026 09:02:256** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0546_2026-02-27_09-21-35.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0546.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0546.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **17–7** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **51–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ivory, Ken — primary (person)
- Stratton, Keven J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11T16:14:42+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-11T16:14:42+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-11T16:14:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0546
- **2026-02-11T16:14:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0546
- **2026-02-11T17:17:59+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-11T18:09:45+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-12T19:33:14+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0546
- **2026-02-12T22:09:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0546
- **2026-02-13T14:33:10+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T19:09:59+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23T16:53:10+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23T21:14:46+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23T21:14:47+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-27T03:23:08+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27T03:27:39+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-27T03:28:18+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-27T03:28:20+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-27T17:39:41+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T21:22:25+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-27T23:03:05+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T16:56:20+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T21:52:58+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T21:52:59+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T17:12:37+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-04T17:12:56+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-05T18:23:30+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-05T18:30:53+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T18:30:54+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T18:30:55+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T19:27:30+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T19:27:31+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:08:01+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T21:08:02+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T18:38:59+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T18:39:02+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T19:06:07+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T19:06:09+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T15:37:00+00:00** 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/acb3f6e0-fddc-4247-8f3f-e991dcc0c738`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).