---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 188 T.h. Bell Program Amendments"
description: "H.B. 188 T.h. Bell Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 188"
citation: "Utah H.B. 188 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "School Personnel", "State Board of Regents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Snow, V. Lowry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6a74818-d539-42aa-a787-753caf87ba2e"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0188.html"
source_hash: "b880d665991bdddf83e2bf32f6f2ccf7a8749b0bc8b0c7fbb5c5f2f249fe61a7"
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. 188 (2019) — H.B. 188 T.h. Bell 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/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0188S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0188.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **22–4** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Snow, V. Lowry — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-12** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-12** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-02-13** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-25** to Senate
- **2019-02-25** received from House
- **2019-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2019-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-12** to House
- **2019-03-12** received from Senate
- **2019-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** 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/f6a74818-d539-42aa-a787-753caf87ba2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).