---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lead Exposure Education and Testing Amendments"
description: "Lead Exposure Education and Testing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "Utah HB 259 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Care", "Child Care Licensing", "Colleges and Universities", "Department of Health", "Education", "Environment", "Hazardous Materials", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Health Care Professionals", "Higher Education", "K-12 Education", "Maternal and Child Health", "Nurses", "Public Health", "Standards and Curriculum", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barlow, Stewart E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feba065b-4814-43b5-988e-9ed1ce6c3e88"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0259.html"
source_hash: "361ec7bc8faed597957a66459473452622eb90ebf041a93c40ed93b655c56594"
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 259 (2021) — Lead Exposure Education and Testing 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/HB0259.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0259.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0259.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **71–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barlow, Stewart E. — primary (person)
- Iwamoto, Jani — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-27** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-04** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2021-02-11** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-17** to Senate
- **2021-02-18** received from House
- **2021-02-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** 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/feba065b-4814-43b5-988e-9ed1ce6c3e88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).