---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 154 English Language Learner Amendments"
description: "H.B. 154 English Language Learner Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 154"
citation: "Utah HB 154 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Dan N."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-29"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9bb179b-9193-48bc-935c-52abb62fba88"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0154.html"
source_hash: "33aea0ffb0186c99bd3d8df00822b5f3658689e0f3296a860ffa433edda64702"
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 154 (2023) — H.B. 154 English Language Learner 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0154S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0154.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **21–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Dan N. — primary (person)
- Fillmore, Lincoln — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** to House Education Committee
- **2023-02-06** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2023-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-10** to Senate
- **2023-02-13** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** to Senate Education Committee
- **2023-02-15** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2023-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2023-02-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-24** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-27** to House with amendments
- **2023-02-27** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-02-28** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** to Senate
- **2023-02-28** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-28** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to House
- **2023-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-28** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14** 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/c9bb179b-9193-48bc-935c-52abb62fba88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).