Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 43 First Substitute (2018GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Bramble, C.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/15/2018

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• designates the Utahraptor as the state fossil.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

STATE FOSSIL AMENDMENT
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble
House Sponsor: 
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LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill designates the Utahraptor as the state fossil.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ designates the Utahraptor as the state fossil.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63G-1-601
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapters 271 and 402
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
63G-1-601
 is amended to read:
63G-1-601.
State symbols.
(1) Utah's state animal is the elk.
(2) Utah's state bird is the sea gull.
(3) Utah's state centennial astronomical symbol is the Beehive Cluster located in the
constellation of Cancer the Crab.
(4) Utah's state centennial star is Dubhe, one of the seven bright stars composing the
Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.
(5) Utah's state centennial tartan, which honors the first Scots known to have been in
Utah and those Utahns of Scottish heritage, shall have a pattern or repeating-half-sett of
white-2, blue-6, red-6, blue-4, red-6, green-18, red-6, and white-4 to represent the tartan worn
anciently by the Logan and Skene clans, with the addition of a white stripe.
(6) Utah's state cooking pot is the dutch oven.
(7) Utah's state emblem is the beehive.
(8) Utah's state emblem of service and sacrifice of lives lost by members of the military
in defense of our freedom is the "Honor and Remember" flag, which consists of:
(a) a red field covering the top two-thirds of the flag;
(b) a white field covering the bottom one-third of the flag, which contains the words
"honor" and "remember";
(c) a blue star overlaid by a gold star with a thin white border in the center of the flag
spanning the red field and the white field; and
(d) a representation of a folded United States flag beneath the blue and gold stars with
three tongues of flame emanating from its top point into the center of the gold star.
(9) Utah's state firearm is the John M. Browning designed M1911 automatic pistol.
(10) Utah's state fish is the Bonneville cutthroat trout.
(11) Utah's state flower is the sego lily.
(12) Utah's state folk dance is the square dance, the folk dance that is called, cued, or
prompted to the dancers and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, and heritage
dances.
(13) Utah's state fossil is the [
Allosaurus
] 
Utahraptor
.
(14) Utah's state fruit is the cherry.
(15) Utah's state vegetable is the Spanish sweet onion.
(16) Utah's historic state vegetable is the sugar beet.
(17) Utah's state gem is topaz, as is prominently found in the Thomas Mountain Range
in Juab County, Utah.
(18) Utah's state grass is Indian rice grass.
(19) Utah's state hymn is "Utah We Love Thee" by Evan Stephens.
(20) Utah's state insect is the honeybee.
(21) Utah's state mineral is copper.
(22) Utah's state motto is "Industry."
(23) Utah's state railroad museum is Ogden Union Station.
(24) Utah's state rock is coal.
(25) Utah's state song is "Utah This is the Place" by Sam and Gary Francis.
(26) Utah's state tree is the quaking aspen.
(27) Utah's state winter sports are skiing and snowboarding.
(28) Utah's state works of art are Native American rock art.
(29) Utah's state work of land art is the Spiral Jetty.
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