---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Credit Amendments"
description: "Higher Education Credit Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 45"
citation: "Utah H.B. 45 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "State Board of Regents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Val L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-12-27"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3697ab8a-57ba-40a2-b71b-ed62bbe5ad37"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0045.html"
source_hash: "d9ccbb78b5b1b63815f647b8e4e735ff8c16f213b3359ad66cfa8c846aed6a15"
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. 45 (2019) — Higher Education Credit 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/HB0045.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0045.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Val L. — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-12-28** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **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`
- **2019-01-30** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-01-30** to Senate
- **2019-01-31** received from House
- **2019-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-14** to House
- **2019-02-14** received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** 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/3697ab8a-57ba-40a2-b71b-ed62bbe5ad37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).