---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 72 Local District Board Amendments"
description: "H.B. 72 Local District Board Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 72"
citation: "Utah H.B. 72 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Local Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy, Stephen G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32ca9d39-c07b-4c51-b7b1-fb59d3cc73ea"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0072.html"
source_hash: "8da49397698e7cae32e5bc0f57ca232e7acefc2fc98492ad1024b0a2c9dad739"
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. 72 (2019) — H.B. 72 Local District Board 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/HB0072S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0072.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Handy, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-01** to Senate
- **2019-02-04** received from House
- **2019-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2019-02-07** comm rpt/substituted/Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-12** to House with amendments
- **2019-02-12** received from Senate
- **2019-02-12** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-02-13** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-02-13** to Senate
- **2019-02-13** received from House
- **2019-02-13** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-13** to House
- **2019-02-14** received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-20** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** 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/32ca9d39-c07b-4c51-b7b1-fb59d3cc73ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).