---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 278 Name Change Process for Dixie State University"
description: "H.B. 278 Name Change Process for Dixie State University"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 278"
citation: "Utah HB 278 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Governance", "Higher Education", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miles, Kelly B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8693b01-18f0-42bc-9bff-8295c1411109"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0278.html"
source_hash: "7be28ece8794505df9651dfe91fbc9f509507cbe5e3a0552911d3fa14c8474b2"
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 278 (2021) — H.B. 278 Name Change Process for Dixie State University

## 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/HB0278S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0278.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **51–20** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **48–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miles, Kelly B. — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — 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
- **2021-02-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-03** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-10** floor amendment failed
- **2021-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-10** held
- **2021-02-17** to Senate
- **2021-02-17** received from House
- **2021-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2021-03-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-03** received from Senate
- **2021-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-03** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **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
- **2021-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-05** 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/f8693b01-18f0-42bc-9bff-8295c1411109`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).