---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 29 Special Education Recodification"
description: "H.B. 29 Special Education Recodification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 29"
citation: "Utah H.B. 29 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recodification", "Education", "Public Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Val L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-19"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cbf208c-9315-4f5f-89a6-8578c7632f65"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0029.html"
source_hash: "e5f7f91705812251c6de498133502c21cd69b51298477a5f0f57fc74b454dd5e"
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. 29 (2019) — H.B. 29 Special Education Recodification

## 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/HB0029S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0029S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0029.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Val L. — primary (person)
- Hillyard, Lyle W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-01-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-01-28** to Senate
- **2019-01-28** received from House
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-02-01** Senate Comm - Held
- **2019-02-05** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-14** motion to reconsider
- **2019-02-14** motion to reconsider passed
- **2019-02-14** circled
- **2019-02-14** uncircled
- **2019-02-14** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-14** to House with amendments
- **2019-02-14** received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-02-15** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-02-15** to Senate
- **2019-02-15** received from House
- **2019-02-15** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-15** to House
- **2019-02-19** received from Senate
- **2019-02-19** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-19** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-19** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-22** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-22** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** 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/7cbf208c-9315-4f5f-89a6-8578c7632f65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).