---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 247 Statewide Online Education Program Amendments"
description: "H.B. 247 Statewide Online Education Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Utah HB 247 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "K-12 Education", "Online Learning and/or Technology", "School Districts", "State Board of Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Dan N."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 60
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2efb8172-c27b-430b-a8e6-656a842fb81b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0247.html"
source_hash: "448f9f9794fd227f6e4af8e859f571256c793ce095655bc4df05df81d8d474e1"
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 247 (2024) — H.B. 247 Statewide Online Education Program 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0247S04.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee Report 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/comreport/HB247C10.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0247.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage — **28–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Conference Committee - Final Passage — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Dan N. — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-11** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-30** to House Education Committee
- **2024-01-31** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2024-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-12** to Senate
- **2024-02-12** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** circled
- **2024-02-28** uncircled
- **2024-02-28** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to House with amendments
- **2024-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-28** refuse to concur with Senate amendment
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** refused to recede from Senate amendments
- **2024-02-29** Senate Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** to House
- **2024-02-29** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** House Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Bill Substituted by Conference Committee from # 3 to # 4
- **2024-02-29** Conference Committee Report
- **2024-02-29** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-29** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2024-02-29** Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to House
- **2024-02-29** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2024-02-29** House Conference Committee - Final Passage `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-12** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2efb8172-c27b-430b-a8e6-656a842fb81b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).