---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 14 School Absenteeism and Truancy Amendments"
description: "H.B. 14 School Absenteeism and Truancy Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 14"
citation: "Utah H.B. 14 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles", "Education", "K-12 Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Snow, V. Lowry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc0501c-d8ee-42af-b962-9c81ee3c8627"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0014.html"
source_hash: "e9ecfebd5d0205a11a9cc97c90f33007f2f7f63a7311d25592060025f74bf72c"
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. 14 (2020) — H.B. 14 School Absenteeism and Truancy Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillint/HB0014S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0014S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0014.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **63–5** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **64–3** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Snow, V. Lowry — primary (person)
- Fillmore, Lincoln — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2020-02-03** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2020-02-05** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2020-02-06** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2020-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-08** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-13** to Senate
- **2020-02-14** received from House
- **2020-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** circled
- **2020-02-27** uncircled
- **2020-02-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-28** to House with amendments
- **2020-02-28** received from Senate
- **2020-02-28** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-02** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2020-03-02** to Senate
- **2020-03-02** received from House
- **2020-03-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-02** to House
- **2020-03-03** received from Senate
- **2020-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** 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/adc0501c-d8ee-42af-b962-9c81ee3c8627`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).