---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cosmetology Licensing Act Amendments"
description: "Cosmetology Licensing Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 287"
citation: "Utah H.B. 287 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations and Professions", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnigan, James A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c566a4f-32d4-495a-a686-dd6b56197340"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0287.html"
source_hash: "118fbe334aa2d2e498d28dbbfb7997a84d8069c24d4df704fa4dfd54b34c01ee"
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. 287 (2017) — Cosmetology Licensing Act 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/HB0287.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0287.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0287.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **66–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dunnigan, James A. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-06** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-06** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-08** 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`
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** circled
- **2017-02-22** uncircled
- **2017-02-22** floor amendment # 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`
- **2017-02-24** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** 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/0c566a4f-32d4-495a-a686-dd6b56197340`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).