---
type: "Bill"
title: "Language Immersion Program Amendments"
description: "Language Immersion Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 117"
citation: "Utah S.B. 117 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Public Education", "Local Boards of Education", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephenson, Howard A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53349a33-3a25-4c7f-86ec-ce824935249f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0117.html"
source_hash: "b43a83e578eb67f0e1e217cfc1df5b82bcb7fcd186e21ecf7397eb30a0d07e7a"
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 S.B. 117 (2018) — Language Immersion Program 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/sbillint/SB0117.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0117.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stephenson, Howard A. — primary (person)
- Hutchings, Eric K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-25** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-25** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-26** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-01-30** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-31** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-20** to House
- **2018-02-20** received from Senate
- **2018-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2018-03-06** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-06** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-06** to Senate
- **2018-03-07** received from House
- **2018-03-07** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from Senate 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** 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/53349a33-3a25-4c7f-86ec-ce824935249f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).