---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment Security Act Sunset Extension"
description: "Employment Security Act Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 34"
citation: "Utah H.B. 34 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Workforce Services", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards, Rebecca P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-12-12"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee0c7626-e7f2-433e-9d76-aee8c3f609e9"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0034.html"
source_hash: "dc08097b1bedde1488f44ee1c2278d60bc4f722bf10a1fc19f1aaa6a4d105ac7"
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. 34 (2017) — Employment Security Act Sunset Extension

## 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/HB0034.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0034.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **64–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Edwards, Rebecca P. — primary (person)
- Shiozawa, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2016-12-13** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2016-12-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-05** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-23** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-01-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-01-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-01-23** to Senate
- **2017-01-23** received from House
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-02** circled
- **2017-02-02** uncircled
- **2017-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-02-02** to House
- **2017-02-03** received from Senate
- **2017-02-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-04** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-02-14** 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`
- **2017-03-20** 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/ee0c7626-e7f2-433e-9d76-aee8c3f609e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).