---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Construction Amendments"
description: "School Construction Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Utah HB 497 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter Schools", "Education", "K-12 Education", "School Districts", "School Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petersen, Michael J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c06d8602-285e-43e2-90f9-5c2f33fdc58e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0497.html"
source_hash: "b60bbb37559fb1d5c8b78b7ea8c4c8051fb66c3f5bfa43376d93c196b5b9731a"
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 497 (2024) — School Construction 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/HB0497.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0497.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Petersen, Michael J. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-02-07** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-02-07** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-02-07** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-02-08** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-12** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-02-21** to House Education Committee
- **2024-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2024-02-26** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-27** to Senate
- **2024-02-27** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2024-02-27** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** circled
- **2024-03-01** uncircled
- **2024-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **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`
- **2024-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-12** 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/c06d8602-285e-43e2-90f9-5c2f33fdc58e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).