Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 230 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Sen. McCay, Daniel

Final action

Governor Signed 3/18/2025

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• establishes "Utahn" as the state demonym.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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63G-1-601
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Utah Resident Terminology Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Daniel McCay
House Sponsor: Jordan D. Teuscher
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses the state demonym.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
establishes "Utahn" as the state demonym.
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 2023, Chapters 337, 338
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 bird of prey is the golden eagle.
(4)
Utah's state centennial astronomical symbol is the Beehive Cluster located in the 
constellation of Cancer the Crab.
(5)
Utah's state centennial star is Dubhe, one of the seven bright stars composing the Big 
Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.
(6)
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.
(7)
Utah's state cooking pot is the dutch oven.
(8)
Utah's state crustacean is the Artemia franciscana, or brine shrimp.
(9)
Utah's state demonym is "Utahn."
(9)
(10)
Utah's state dinosaur is the Utahraptor.
(10)
(11)
Utah's state emblem is the beehive.
(11)
(12)
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.
(12)
(13)
Utah's state firearm is the John M. Browning designed M1911 automatic pistol.
(13)
(14)
Utah's state fish is the Bonneville cutthroat trout.
(14)
(15)
Utah's state flower is the sego lily.
(15)
(16)
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.
(16)
(17)
Utah's state fossil is the Allosaurus.
(17)
(18)
Utah's state fruit is the cherry.
(18)
(19)
Utah's state gem is topaz, as is prominently found in the Thomas Mountain 
Range in Juab County, Utah.
(19)
(20)
Utah's state grass is Indian rice grass.
(20)
(21)
Utah's state hymn is "Utah We Love Thee" by Evan Stephens.
(21)
(22)
Utah's state insect is the honeybee.
(22)
(23)
Utah's state military museum is the Fort Douglas Military Museum.
(23)
(24)
Utah's state mineral is copper.
(24)
(25)
Utah's state motto is "Industry."
(25)
(26)
Utah's state mushroom is the porcini.
(26)
(27)
Utah's state railroad museum is Ogden Union Station.
(27)
(28)
Utah's state reptile is the Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum), whose habitat 
includes Southwest Utah.
(28)
(29)
Utah's state rock is coal.
(29)
(30)
Utah's state song is "Utah This is the Place" by Sam and Gary Francis.
(30)
(31)
Utah's state stone is honeycomb calcite, which originates in Duchesne County, 
Utah.
(31)
(32)
Utah's state tree is the quaking aspen.
(32)
(33)
Utah's state vegetable is the Spanish sweet onion.
(33)
(34)
Utah's historic state vegetable is the sugar beet.
(34)
(35)
Utah's state winter sports are skiing and snowboarding.
(35)
(36)
Utah's state works of art are Native American rock art.
(36)
(37)
Utah's state work of land art is the Spiral Jetty.
Section 2. 
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
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3-7-25 11:41 AM