---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 296 Rural Online Working Hubs Amendments"
description: "H.B. 296 Rural Online Working Hubs Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 296"
citation: "Utah H.B. 296 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Workforce Services", "Rural Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5328319-1ac2-43d1-8441-7a603c22360c"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0296.html"
source_hash: "8d2a863bc37f2355d2017a3a4fbe57869692b03a186a95a657f8a120eb6a9e2d"
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. 296 (2019) — H.B. 296 Rural Online Working Hubs 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/HB0296S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0296S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0296.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–3** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **68–2** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albrecht, Carl R. — primary (person)
- Okerlund, Ralph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-07** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-08** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-12** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-19** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-02-19** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-19** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-25** to Senate
- **2019-02-26** received from House
- **2019-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2019-03-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-12** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** circled
- **2019-03-13** uncircled
- **2019-03-13** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-03-13** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-13** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-13** received from Senate
- **2019-03-13** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-13** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-13** to Senate
- **2019-03-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-13** received from House
- **2019-03-13** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-13** to House
- **2019-03-13** received from Senate
- **2019-03-13** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-22** 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`
- **2019-03-29** 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/b5328319-1ac2-43d1-8441-7a603c22360c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).