---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 437 Education Research and Innovation Amendments"
description: "H.B. 437 Education Research and Innovation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Utah HB 437 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moss, Jefferson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b557adf-2d17-4f26-967f-2ba97cde1e14"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0437.html"
source_hash: "8e30fcb9b2f6f9be62dbdc1388fe4b561e3219536e4ab5371d15f613b014feed"
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 437 (2022) — H.B. 437 Education Research and Innovation 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/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0437S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0437.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moss, Jefferson — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-23** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-28** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-28** to Senate
- **2022-02-28** received from House
- **2022-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** circled
- **2022-03-04** uncircled
- **2022-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-04** to House
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/3b557adf-2d17-4f26-967f-2ba97cde1e14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).