---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 277 Child Care Eligibility Amendments"
description: "H.B. 277 Child Care Eligibility Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Utah HB 277 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Care", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews, Ashlee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56bacbc4-8cfd-4c03-8db6-60385e56e2b8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0277.html"
source_hash: "4d2d46b5fa1f48d427937dfa28dce10602e85c47fdd848f6eb36184b21f16cf4"
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 277 (2021) — H.B. 277 Child Care Eligibility 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/HB0277S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0277S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0277.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthews, Ashlee — primary (person)
- Fillmore, Lincoln — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-08** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-10** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** circled
- **2021-02-18** uncircled
- **2021-02-18** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-18** to Senate
- **2021-02-19** received from House
- **2021-02-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-04** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** circled
- **2021-03-04** uncircled
- **2021-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-04** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** 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/56bacbc4-8cfd-4c03-8db6-60385e56e2b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).