---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utah Recognizing Inspiring School Employees Award Program"
description: "Utah Recognizing Inspiring School Employees Award Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 148"
citation: "Utah H.B. 148 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "School Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry, Lee B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02b5e3ca-eefb-4dbd-b5b0-a8f3009b2857"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0148.html"
source_hash: "f45de25b9a06c742b95d096665470e57e87e039a177a974f6bbb33e66a613be0"
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. 148 (2020) — Utah Recognizing Inspiring School Employees Award Program

## 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/HB0148.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0148.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perry, Lee B. — primary (person)
- Hillyard, Lyle W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-16** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-23** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-01-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-06** to Senate
- **2020-02-07** received from House
- **2020-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-21** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-02-21** to House
- **2020-02-21** received from Senate
- **2020-02-21** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-21** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-02-21** 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/02b5e3ca-eefb-4dbd-b5b0-a8f3009b2857`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).