---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regents' Scholarship Amendments"
description: "Regents' Scholarship Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 256"
citation: "Utah S.B. 256 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "State Board of Regents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillyard, Lyle W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-22"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24fbe035-930b-481b-8767-426eb259a840"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0256.html"
source_hash: "9468bfcfc8f87fa8ce9aafd88c1f03981676ab1bce0147d130ff98544e28c439"
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 S.B. 256 (2017) — Regents' Scholarship 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/sbillint/SB0256.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0256.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hillyard, Lyle W. — primary (person)
- McCay, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-22** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** circled
- **2017-03-01** uncircled
- **2017-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-01** to House
- **2017-03-01** received from Senate
- **2017-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-03-06** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** circled
- **2017-03-08** uncircled
- **2017-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-08** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-08** to Senate
- **2017-03-08** received from House
- **2017-03-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-15** 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/24fbe035-930b-481b-8767-426eb259a840`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).