---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elementary School Counselor Program"
description: "Elementary School Counselor Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 264"
citation: "Utah H.B. 264 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Public Education", "School Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbe0f1a5-b305-4125-b02c-4d1ed4b56e27"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0264.html"
source_hash: "7def48b5b5546314d5bc79172e6ec25eea0f99bd0e946d792aa2f4657a604f03"
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. 264 (2018) — Elementary School Counselor Program

## 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/HB0264.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0264.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0264.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **22–3** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **59–11** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **21–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Stephenson, Howard A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-29** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-30** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-02** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-02-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-16** to Senate
- **2018-02-20** received from House
- **2018-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **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
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-22** 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/fbe0f1a5-b305-4125-b02c-4d1ed4b56e27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).