---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting Student Religious and Moral Beliefs Regarding Athletic Uniform Requirements"
description: "Protecting Student Religious and Moral Beliefs Regarding Athletic Uniform Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Utah HB 163 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Athletics", "Education", "K-12 Education", "School Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pierucci, Candice B."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/719f4567-d9ba-455f-99ce-db74a847e995"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0163.html"
source_hash: "a99c1b228a2524aa9e2336f66928f4a927d7e3faea0525474e2e5bc1b62c23e6"
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 163 (2023) — Protecting Student Religious and Moral Beliefs Regarding Athletic Uniform Requirements

## 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/HB0163.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillamd/HB0163.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0163.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **74–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pierucci, Candice B. — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-05** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-13** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-01-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** to House Education Committee
- **2023-02-01** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2023-02-06** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **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 - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** circled
- **2023-02-17** uncircled
- **2023-02-17** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2023-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-22** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-22** to House
- **2023-02-22** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-24** 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/719f4567-d9ba-455f-99ce-db74a847e995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).