---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 318 Higher Education Amendments"
description: "H.B. 318 Higher Education Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 318"
citation: "Utah HB 318 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Governance", "Higher Education", "Technical Colleges", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education", "Utech Board of Trustees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard, Melissa G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4f60396-8b34-4f8e-a009-b1da4cc0969d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0318.html"
source_hash: "b60e58327cb92b66cfdb91627b6e120b3b5da1546eee1ecf7411903acc890ea8"
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 318 (2021) — H.B. 318 Higher Education 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/HB0318S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0318.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–3** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- substituted from # 1 to # 2 — **40–32** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **67–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballard, Melissa G. — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-08** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-12** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-19** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-19** to Senate
- **2021-02-19** received from House
- **2021-02-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-03** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** circled
- **2021-03-05** uncircled
- **2021-03-05** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2021-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-05** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-05** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **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
- **2021-03-12** 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/d4f60396-8b34-4f8e-a009-b1da4cc0969d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).