---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 281 Construction and Fire Codes Amendments"
description: "H.B. 281 Construction and Fire Codes Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 281"
citation: "Utah H.B. 281 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Construction and Fire Codes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3f904ff-ec28-4590-b109-afc095f6d5a4"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0281.html"
source_hash: "269e328a7511a33bfb14673ba29013af715ebccfd8503653bb8bc5f57e5ebc0b"
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. 281 (2017) — H.B. 281 Construction and Fire Codes 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/HB0281S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0281S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0281.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **64–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-06** 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`
- **2017-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-10** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-22** to Senate
- **2017-02-23** received from House
- **2017-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-03-09** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-09** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** circled
- **2017-03-09** uncircled
- **2017-03-09** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-09** to House with amendments
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-09** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **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/a3f904ff-ec28-4590-b109-afc095f6d5a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).