---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 465 Public School Library Transparency Amendments"
description: "H.B. 465 Public School Library Transparency Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 465"
citation: "Utah HB 465 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter Schools", "Education", "K-12 Education", "Public Education Data and Reporting", "School Accountability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Welton, Douglas R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0a314f6-89d5-42fb-869c-75dc85d86b57"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0465.html"
source_hash: "a5d1bdedddfe35fcdbcc16ef5f22947d5da2c24e4a50255d388802fca9b479d7"
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 465 (2023) — H.B. 465 Public School Library Transparency 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/HB0465S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0465.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **19–6** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **62–10** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Welton, Douglas R. — primary (person)
- Grover, Keith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-14** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-17** to House Education Committee
- **2023-02-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **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** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-27** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- **2023-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2023-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 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** 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`
- **2023-03-06** 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`
- **2023-03-17** 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/b0a314f6-89d5-42fb-869c-75dc85d86b57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).