H.B. 383 - Flag Display Amendments

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Flag Display Amendments

Number: H.B. 383 (2021GS)
Sponsor: Rep. Gwynn, M.
Final action: Governor Signed 3/17/2021
Outcome: Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

This bill amends provisions related to the display of the POW/MIA flag at the capitol hill complex.

What it does

This bill:
provides an exception to the display of the POW/MIA flag at the capitol hill complex.

Every vote on this bill

2/24/2021House Comm - Favorable Recommendation

House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee

8 0 3not eligible / no record

2/26/2021House/ passed 3rd reading

Senate Secretary

72 0 3YEA

3/2/2021Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation

Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee

4 0 3not eligible / no record

3/4/2021Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension

Senate President

28 0 1not eligible / no record

Bill text

enrolled version · official source

FLAG DISPLAY AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Matthew H. Gwynn
Senate Sponsor: 
David G. Buxton
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to the display of the POW/MIA flag at the capitol
hill complex.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ provides an exception to the display of the POW/MIA flag at the capitol hill
complex.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63G-1-703
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapters 39 and 134
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
63G-1-703
 is amended to read:
63G-1-703.
Display of POW/MIA flag.
(1) In any place at the capitol hill complex
, with the exception of the Utah Law
Enforcement Memorial,
 where the United States flag is displayed out of doors, the entity
responsible for the display of the United States flag shall display the POW/MIA flag, in the
manner described in Subsection (3), from sunrise to sunset on the following days:
(a) Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May;
(b) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;
(c) Flag Day, June 14;
(d) Independence Day, July 4;
(e) Veterans Day, November 11; and
(f) National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the third Friday in September.
(2) The Department of Veterans and Military Affairs shall ensure that, in any place
where the United States flag is displayed out of doors at a cemetery that is operated by the
Department of Veterans and Military Affairs, the POW/MIA flag is displayed in the manner
described in Subsection (3).
(3) When displaying the POW/MIA flag under Subsection (1) or (2), the entity
responsible to display the flag shall fly or hang the POW/MIA flag as follows:
(a) if the United States flag and the POW/MIA flag are attached to the same flag pole,
by placing the POW/MIA flag directly under the United States flag; or
(b) if the United States flag and the POW/MIA flag are displayed near each other, but
not on the same flag pole, by placing the top of the POW/MIA flag below the top of the United
States flag.