---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 217 School Energy and Water Reductions"
description: "H.B. 217 School Energy and Water Reductions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 217"
citation: "Utah HB 217 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Education", "Education Grant Programs", "K-12 Education", "Legislative Operations", "Natural Resources", "New Rulemaking Authority", "State Board of Education", "Sunsets and Repealers", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennion, Gay Lynn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 51
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9811669a-884a-49d0-b24a-12b2737e624a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0217.html"
source_hash: "a6c1e730cc42a143aa908cd608932332e401ed9cedf5b66e669a96aaca0c3294"
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 217 (2023) — H.B. 217 School Energy and Water Reductions

## 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/HB0217S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0217.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **63–8** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **68–3** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed — **3–8** (fail) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Held — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennion, Gay Lynn — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-17** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-20** to House Education Committee
- **2023-01-24** House Comm - Held
- **2023-02-01** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-01** House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed `failure`
- **2023-02-16** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2023-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-24** to Senate
- **2023-02-24** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** circled
- **2023-03-02** uncircled
- **2023-03-02** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** circled
- **2023-03-02** uncircled
- **2023-03-02** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-06** 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/9811669a-884a-49d0-b24a-12b2737e624a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).