---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Education Budget Amendments"
description: "Public Education Budget Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Utah HB 2 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Education", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "K-12 Education", "Legislative Operations", "Public Budgeting", "School Finance", "State Board of Education", "State School Funding Distribution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ed81afa-dfaa-4d00-9af1-88ef6b34ebe7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0002.html"
source_hash: "c2d59be7444c3655e7b78d522138a41b39fd2659214117e94c4319afec8c92f8"
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 2 (2021) — Public Education Budget 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/HB0002.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0002.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0002.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Fillmore, Lincoln — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-03-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-03-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-03-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-01** to Senate
- **2021-03-02** received from House
- **2021-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-02** to House
- **2021-03-02** received from Senate
- **2021-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** 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`
- **2021-03-25** 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/2ed81afa-dfaa-4d00-9af1-88ef6b34ebe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).