---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Tuition Gap Program Act Amendments"
description: "Veterans Tuition Gap Program Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 35"
citation: "Utah S.B. 35 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Veterans Affairs", "Military Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-12-13"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02b1b714-449f-48ab-9a99-7b1e5603ec62"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0035.html"
source_hash: "ff53493076ae6e7c4380e03fe8ccf10c72bac1e474e6e56b213841e6611a86ba"
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. 35 (2017) — Veterans Tuition Gap Program 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/sbillint/SB0035.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0035.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0035.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Ray, Paul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2016-12-13** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-11** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-01-24** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2017-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-25** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-01-30** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-01-30** to House
- **2017-01-30** received from Senate
- **2017-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** circled
- **2017-02-22** uncircled
- **2017-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-22** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-02-22** to Senate
- **2017-02-22** received from House
- **2017-02-22** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-22** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-02-22** 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** received enrolled bill from 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/02b1b714-449f-48ab-9a99-7b1e5603ec62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).