---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Attendance Amendments"
description: "Student Attendance Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 116"
citation: "Utah HB 116 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter Schools", "Education", "K-12 Education", "School Districts", "Student health and safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robertson, Adam"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46275350-9d16-49dd-8fb8-e4f84a1bfc32"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0116.html"
source_hash: "5fac688b932ca7535fdd1cde6b07e43669ac6081c8d2f6a402ef6bbf80735b16"
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 HB 116 (2021) — Student Attendance 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/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0116.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0116.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **48–22** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–3** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robertson, Adam — primary (person)
- Fillmore, Lincoln — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-08** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-13** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-05** to Senate
- **2021-02-08** received from House
- **2021-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-18** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-18** to House
- **2021-02-18** received from Senate
- **2021-02-18** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/46275350-9d16-49dd-8fb8-e4f84a1bfc32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).