---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 427 Individual Freedom in Public Education"
description: "H.B. 427 Individual Freedom in Public Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 427"
citation: "Utah HB 427 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Standards and Curriculum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jimenez, Tim"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c4da5d7-2711-463e-a035-6e6dd9457f14"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0427.html"
source_hash: "4c3ed065c18929fdde6d2224c0f7ea4b568d437cafcac9f8c95ac59eb29a94f0"
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 427 (2023) — H.B. 427 Individual Freedom in Public Education

## 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/HB0427S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillamd/HB0427S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0427.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **47–24** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **18–6** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **53–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jimenez, Tim — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** to House Education Committee
- **2023-02-24** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-24** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** comm rpt/substituted/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-27** circled
- **2023-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-28** uncircled
- **2023-02-28** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-03-02** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** circled
- **2023-03-02** uncircled
- **2023-03-02** floor amendment # 2
- **2023-03-02** floor amendment # 3
- **2023-03-02** Senate/recedes from Senate Floor Amendment # 3
- **2023-03-02** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** 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`
- **2023-03-15** 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/3c4da5d7-2711-463e-a035-6e6dd9457f14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).