---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Aid Amendments"
description: "Student Aid Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 256"
citation: "Utah H.B. 256 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Scholarships and Financial Aid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kwan, Karen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c11e6e61-85d8-492a-9d0d-542a53ee83f3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0256.html"
source_hash: "dc4e86df44e5fd710c113fac41f7b0619b7a84a04cfc5cf9cb42115b520f0507"
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. 256 (2020) — Student Aid 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/HB0256.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0256.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0256.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **48–26** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kwan, Karen — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-04** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-04** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-07** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** House Comm - Held
- **2020-02-18** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** floor amendment # 1
- **2020-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-24** to Senate
- **2020-02-24** received from House
- **2020-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-10** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2020-03-12** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-12** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-03-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-12** to House
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-12** 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`
- **2020-03-28** 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/c11e6e61-85d8-492a-9d0d-542a53ee83f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).