---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans and Military Affairs Amendments"
description: "Veterans and Military Affairs Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 55"
citation: "Utah H.B. 55 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans Affairs", "Military Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-12-14"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01ac8bcc-528a-4730-8421-1796238960c0"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0055.html"
source_hash: "15eeb1793a0717029571c8a54f1f566089b4199adef19e25b2997a0db4a82cc8"
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. 55 (2018) — Veterans and Military Affairs 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/HB0055.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0055.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0055.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Knudson, Peter C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-12-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-23** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-01-24** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-01-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-30** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-30** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-01-30** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-30** to Senate
- **2018-01-31** received from House
- **2018-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-02** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-05** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-08** to House
- **2018-02-08** received from Senate
- **2018-02-08** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-02-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from 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/01ac8bcc-528a-4730-8421-1796238960c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).