---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 273 Construction Trades Licensing Penalty Periods Amendments"
description: "H.B. 273 Construction Trades Licensing Penalty Periods Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 273"
citation: "Utah H.B. 273 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Construction Industries", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f83fd06-45e0-4de0-98c9-8a73342ae53e"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0273.html"
source_hash: "00e11c4baba1644ed94ebb628f2dccda5a3efc191879841a5cb8362059b72810"
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. 273 (2017) — H.B. 273 Construction Trades Licensing Penalty Periods 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/HB0273S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0273.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **62–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Buxton, D. Gregg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-03** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-08** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-21** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-27** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-28** comm rpt/substituted/Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** to Senate
- **2017-03-02** received from House
- **2017-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-03-07** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** placed back on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-09** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-09** to House
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-17** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-17** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-24** 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/9f83fd06-45e0-4de0-98c9-8a73342ae53e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).