---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 404 Utah Immigration Assistance Center"
description: "H.B. 404 Utah Immigration Assistance Center"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 404"
citation: "Utah HB 404 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Governor's Office of Economic Development", "Immigration", "Labor & Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferry, Joel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1ecd0b7-0ed0-4bfd-91f3-ac3a077ac0ae"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0404.html"
source_hash: "63bdfcdf3b6779332a7f5f2703c44321a2ca12686f8599e742ca2c50b5f15d66"
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 404 (2021) — H.B. 404 Utah Immigration Assistance Center

## 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/HB0404S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0404.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ferry, Joel — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-23** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-26** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** circled
- **2021-03-01** uncircled
- **2021-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-01** to Senate
- **2021-03-01** received from House
- **2021-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-03** 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
- **2021-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** 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/d1ecd0b7-0ed0-4bfd-91f3-ac3a077ac0ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).