---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 327 Civic Thought and Leadership Initiative"
description: "H.B. 327 Civic Thought and Leadership Initiative"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 327"
citation: "Utah HB 327 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burton, Jefferson S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7cdffd6-038c-4a46-b44d-6eb4b6a70c80"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0327.html"
source_hash: "e6898bcc9f08a64e06eabdac3ee78fcaf06d52eb1f48f43714d2f403f7d9042f"
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 327 (2021) — H.B. 327 Civic Thought and Leadership Initiative

## 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/HB0327S03.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0327S03.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0327.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Held — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burton, Jefferson S. — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-08** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-12** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** House Comm - Held
- **2021-02-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3
- **2021-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-25** to Senate
- **2021-02-25** received from House
- **2021-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-01** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** circled
- **2021-03-04** uncircled
- **2021-03-04** floor amendment # 2
- **2021-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-04** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-04** 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
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** 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/e7cdffd6-038c-4a46-b44d-6eb4b6a70c80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).