---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 261 Equal Opportunity Initiatives"
description: "H.B. 261 Equal Opportunity Initiatives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "Utah HB 261 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Higher Education", "Higher Education Students", "K-12 Education", "Legislative Staff Offices", "School Districts", "State Board of Education", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall, Katy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-01-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffd9a879-3659-4780-88e7-0e5ebb337e80"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0261.html"
source_hash: "8f43230f57e1d2da173351c86752ac103694fbe5d9fb9d19b32b4dfd275f278f"
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 261 (2024) — H.B. 261 Equal Opportunity Initiatives

## 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/HB0261S04.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillamd/HB0261S04.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0261.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **60–14** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **58–14** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Motion to Table Failed — **1–8** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall, Katy — primary (person)
- Grover, Keith — 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** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** to House Education Committee
- **2024-01-17** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-17** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-01-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-19** substituted from # 1 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** substitute adoption failed from # 3 to # 2 `failure`
- **2024-01-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-19** to Senate
- **2024-01-19** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** to Senate Education Committee
- **2024-01-22** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4
- **2024-01-22** Senate Comm - Motion to Table Failed
- **2024-01-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-01-23** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-23** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-01-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-01-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-25** floor amendment # 3
- **2024-01-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-25** to House with amendments
- **2024-01-25** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-25** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-01-26** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-26** to Senate
- **2024-01-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-01-29** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-01-29** to House
- **2024-01-29** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-29** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-01-29** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-01-29** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-01-30** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-01-30** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-01-30** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-01-30** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-01-30** 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/ffd9a879-3659-4780-88e7-0e5ebb337e80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).