---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Retirement Amendments"
description: "Higher Education Retirement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 165"
citation: "Utah H.B. 165 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westwood, John R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b59021bf-8898-4d49-9adb-4f6c04fd427a"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0165.html"
source_hash: "056321c29d8d6c52d2e17cd694edc813d11bedc9a3a999e6b2ffd6dfca2a58e2"
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 H.B. 165 (2017) — Higher Education Retirement Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HB0165.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0165.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Westwood, John R. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-27** to House Retirement and Independent Entities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-15** to Senate
- **2017-02-16** received from House
- **2017-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** to Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-03** to House
- **2017-03-03** received from Senate
- **2017-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-06** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-06** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-15** 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/b59021bf-8898-4d49-9adb-4f6c04fd427a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).