---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Education Amendments"
description: "Veterans Education Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 45"
citation: "Utah H.B. 45 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d4c8b96-298a-4bd2-948d-24cd47170cce"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0045.html"
source_hash: "db75b4b3c4b1001a7eeb99d3bdc2cce850141fa56a859a78b9db1fe34f902060"
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 (2020) — Veterans Education 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/HB0045.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0045.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-12-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-12-23** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-01-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-30** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-01-31** to Senate
- **2020-02-03** received from House
- **2020-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** 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/4d4c8b96-298a-4bd2-948d-24cd47170cce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).