---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 212 Business Expansion and Retention Initiative Amendments"
description: "H.B. 212 Business Expansion and Retention Initiative Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 212"
citation: "Utah H.B. 212 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watkins, Christine F"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cd65aa5-3f89-4758-ab15-43efd346c4fa"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0212.html"
source_hash: "aa5b042bd53d735dd8bad4b6e745ad35fa0bce7aa17a50a9887f2ac374350bee"
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. 212 (2018) — H.B. 212 Business Expansion and Retention Initiative 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/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0212S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0212S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0212.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Watkins, Christine F — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-26** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-14** to Senate
- **2018-02-15** received from House
- **2018-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-07** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-07** to House
- **2018-03-07** received from Senate
- **2018-03-07** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** 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/8cd65aa5-3f89-4758-ab15-43efd346c4fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).