---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 283 Child Homelessness Prevention"
description: "H.B. 283 Child Homelessness Prevention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 283"
citation: "Utah H.B. 283 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Department of Workforce Services", "Homeless Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spendlove, Robert M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/238d1627-aacb-43f1-9d3e-aff9254be771"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0283.html"
source_hash: "8ecd3041935788f4a17fdca94c50c4f05b48f819aeb067d269e38a4a902ac1a3"
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. 283 (2017) — H.B. 283 Child Homelessness Prevention

## 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/HB0283S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0283.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Spendlove, Robert M. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — 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`
- **2017-02-14** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-16** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-28** to Senate
- **2017-02-28** received from House
- **2017-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-03-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-08** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-08** to House with amendments
- **2017-03-08** received from Senate
- **2017-03-08** 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
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-25** 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/238d1627-aacb-43f1-9d3e-aff9254be771`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).