---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Education Amendments"
description: "Special Education Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 317"
citation: "Utah H.B. 317 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Public Education", "State Board of Education", "Blind Persons", "Disabilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pulsipher, Susan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30ee8f13-b275-4d3e-a49a-51c99d69e782"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0317.html"
source_hash: "b5cc18fe080cf0d4f5c404c156066867f76b962e4f1578b05886812bf56f4663"
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. 317 (2018) — Special Education 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/HB0317.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0317.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **65–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Pulsipher, Susan — primary (person)
- Fillmore, Lincoln — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-08** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-09** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-23** to Senate
- **2018-02-23** received from House
- **2018-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-03-06** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-06** to House
- **2018-03-06** received from Senate
- **2018-03-06** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/30ee8f13-b275-4d3e-a49a-51c99d69e782`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).