---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 394 Hold Harmless for Public Education Enrollment Decline"
description: "H.B. 394 Hold Harmless for Public Education Enrollment Decline"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 394"
citation: "Utah HB 394 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education Grant Programs", "K-12 Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Karen M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79b3f274-43da-4563-a822-29bb61c814af"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0394.html"
source_hash: "f9bd7b7d28cc257d3ba33e56cf43af3ff13f93e157da3805964d30b222a04de2"
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 394 (2023) — H.B. 394 Hold Harmless for Public Education Enrollment Decline

## 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/HB0394S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillamd/HB0394S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0394.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **21–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Karen M. — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-06** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-07** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-14** to House Education Committee
- **2023-02-28** House Comm - Returned to Rules
- **2023-03-01** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2023-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **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/79b3f274-43da-4563-a822-29bb61c814af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).