---
type: "Bill"
title: "National Guard Pay and Benefits Amendments"
description: "National Guard Pay and Benefits Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 156"
citation: "Utah HB 156 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utah National Guard", "Veterans and Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burton, Jefferson S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5713f10f-6191-4c4b-87e8-79142678b3f8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0156.html"
source_hash: "e3388e573af2470b2099f5ccfe5cbe919519831dc0d37dc3e5eb82188002ccec"
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 156 (2021) — National Guard Pay and Benefits 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/HB0156.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0156.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burton, Jefferson S. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-13** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-18** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-20** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-29** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-01-29** to Senate
- **2021-02-01** received from House
- **2021-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2021-02-11** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-17** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-17** to House
- **2021-02-17** received from Senate
- **2021-02-17** 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
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** 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/5713f10f-6191-4c4b-87e8-79142678b3f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).