---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education Funding Amendments"
description: "Education Funding Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 77"
citation: "Utah H.B. 77 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "School Finance", "Property Tax", "Revenue and Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurston, Norman K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-02"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bee1d0bd-48ad-461c-8072-06caa2677b53"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0077.html"
source_hash: "98e060f862a6b94021dea86b6c82b325430cfaa9db5f61e666de55de8b02fb3a"
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. 77 (2020) — Education Funding 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/HB0077.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0077.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thurston, Norman K. — primary (person)
- Henderson, Deidre M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-22** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-01-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-01-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **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** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-24** to Senate
- **2020-02-24** received from House
- **2020-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-06** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-06** to House
- **2020-03-06** received from Senate
- **2020-03-06** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-06** 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/bee1d0bd-48ad-461c-8072-06caa2677b53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).