---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educator Paid Professional Hours"
description: "Educator Paid Professional Hours"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 489"
citation: "Utah HB 489 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "School Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moss, Jefferson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2882a4ce-d073-409a-9f27-1a6ddf5d8a54"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0489.html"
source_hash: "7997a9a639489c30552f3e55d6daff693d00288362242115aefb5505fe355271"
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 489 (2023) — Educator Paid Professional Hours

## 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/HB0489.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0489.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moss, Jefferson — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-02-16** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** to House Education Committee
- **2023-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-27** to Senate
- **2023-02-27** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** to Senate Revenue and Taxation 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** circled
- **2023-03-03** uncircled
- **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/2882a4ce-d073-409a-9f27-1a6ddf5d8a54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).