---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Building Amendments"
description: "State Building Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 303"
citation: "Utah H.B. 303 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Construction and Fire Codes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hemingway, Lynn N."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c10cad93-3e9e-43f7-8055-4f12841596c7"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0303.html"
source_hash: "4794f6d59af8224ca835fd6185849abd1620a919b8f56933296e4394ddd87871"
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. 303 (2017) — State Building 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/HB0303.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0303.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0303.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **55–19** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hemingway, Lynn N. — primary (person)
- Escamilla, Luz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-07** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-07** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-10** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-03-01** 2nd reading/returned to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-06** to Senate
- **2017-03-07** received from House
- **2017-03-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-09** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2017-03-22** 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/c10cad93-3e9e-43f7-8055-4f12841596c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).