---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans and Military Affairs Commission Amendments"
description: "Veterans and Military Affairs Commission Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 16"
citation: "Utah HB 16 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Veterans and Military Affairs", "Veterans and Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-12-15"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67ad918f-6f8b-4b79-9574-15ec18a31911"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0016.html"
source_hash: "7b4cbd47b92111eb3f2712a8cb58e317c95f10ce4d703c483fa342c7b8a5208c"
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 16 (2021) — Veterans and Military Affairs Commission 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/HB0016.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-12-15** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-12-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-12-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate
- **2021-01-19** received from House
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2021-03-03** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-03** to House
- **2021-03-03** received from Senate
- **2021-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** 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/67ad918f-6f8b-4b79-9574-15ec18a31911`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).