---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 348 Participation Waiver Amendments"
description: "H.B. 348 Participation Waiver Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 348"
citation: "Utah HB 348 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "School Accountability", "Standards and Curriculum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acton, Cheryl K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/887ddac6-76a1-49fe-8189-8cccbf334d5a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0348.html"
source_hash: "06d3a45861dcdeb550c9617ea95a9f12e623fda35b44774e9ddcbe53bc76006a"
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 348 (2023) — H.B. 348 Participation Waiver 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/HB0348S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillamd/HB0348S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0348.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **47–21** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **51–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acton, Cheryl K. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-31** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-08** to House Education Committee
- **2023-02-13** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** circled
- **2023-02-15** uncircled
- **2023-02-15** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-15** to Senate
- **2023-02-16** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-17** to Senate Education Committee
- **2023-02-22** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** circled
- **2023-03-03** uncircled
- **2023-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-03** 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`
- **2023-03-20** 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/887ddac6-76a1-49fe-8189-8cccbf334d5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).