---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 327 Rural Online Initiative"
description: "H.B. 327 Rural Online Initiative"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 327"
citation: "Utah H.B. 327 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Rural Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Noel, Michael E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef613617-4533-46bf-a918-d962107dde2a"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0327.html"
source_hash: "cc811264e0931d10dbf988f387031f0d105cc964dd75d353e52c34443b6d45d2"
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. 327 (2018) — H.B. 327 Rural Online Initiative

## 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/HB0327S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0327.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **65–1** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **22–1** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Noel, Michael E. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-08** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-13** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-02-15** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-15** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-23** to Senate
- **2018-02-26** received from House
- **2018-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** 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
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** 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/ef613617-4533-46bf-a918-d962107dde2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).