---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans and Military Affairs Commission Amendments"
description: "Veterans and Military Affairs Commission Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "Utah HB 46 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Veterans and Military Affairs", "Utah Veterans Advisory Council", "Veterans Affairs", "Veterans Service Organizations", "Veterans and Military Affairs", "Veterans and Military Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burton, Jefferson S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-21"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb2d909e-d260-4481-abb6-42b2eb6bc89d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0046.html"
source_hash: "e57c604bbe7d1ad65b12ccc527df08b546fb3d35576cdb77a3cfb30fb51f04ed"
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 46 (2024) — Veterans and Military Affairs Commission 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/HB0046.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0046.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burton, Jefferson S. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-12-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-12** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-17** to Senate
- **2024-01-17** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-02-29** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to House
- **2024-02-29** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-08** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-08** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** 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/bb2d909e-d260-4481-abb6-42b2eb6bc89d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).