---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utah Educational Savings Plan Medicaid Exemptions"
description: "Utah Educational Savings Plan Medicaid Exemptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 172"
citation: "Utah H.B. 172 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Assistance", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cutler, Bruce R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d1294ce-997e-43c3-9037-1267d203075f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0172.html"
source_hash: "35d85b19e312be846cb17abe66dd7f249ecdef67ab0d69df83c5fa1fe8fc3dee"
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. 172 (2017) — Utah Educational Savings Plan Medicaid Exemptions

## 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/HB0172.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0172.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cutler, Bruce R. — primary (person)
- Shiozawa, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-23** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-24** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-01-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-27** to House Revenue and Taxation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2017-02-02** 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 Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-02** to House
- **2017-03-02** received from Senate
- **2017-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** 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/2d1294ce-997e-43c3-9037-1267d203075f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).