---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Classes for Veterans"
description: "Higher Education Classes for Veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Utah SB 45 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Higher Education", "Higher Education Students", "Veterans Affairs", "Veterans and Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-21"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28cc3642-c1ab-4ec6-baf9-ab8bc609f10b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0045.html"
source_hash: "45033e56c368936f4d713242f381a7bb3216f28d0056cbd04163ecddf44d7787"
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 SB 45 (2021) — Higher Education Classes for Veterans

## 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/sbillint/SB0045.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0045.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd D. — primary (person)
- Ray, Paul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-12-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-12-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-01-22** to House
- **2021-01-25** received from Senate
- **2021-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-03** to Senate
- **2021-02-03** received from House
- **2021-02-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-15** 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`
- **2021-03-16** 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/28cc3642-c1ab-4ec6-baf9-ab8bc609f10b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).