---
type: "Bill"
title: "Absenteeism Prevention Amendments"
description: "Absenteeism Prevention Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "Utah SB 177 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Standards and Curriculum", "Student Assessment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy, Michael S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/967822cf-ea31-477a-8eb8-a36055d98545"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0177.html"
source_hash: "2254f1c03338d1804c26ace3c921abb253cb5a24400a67490827e4bb576c57cc"
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 SB 177 (2024) — Absenteeism Prevention 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/sbillint/SB0177.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0177.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0177.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **62–7** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kennedy, Michael S. — primary (person)
- Walter, R. Neil — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-31** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-31** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** to Senate Education Committee
- **2024-02-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-13** to House
- **2024-02-13** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** to House Education Committee
- **2024-02-20** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-20** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** circled
- **2024-02-29** uncircled
- **2024-02-29** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-29** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **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`
- **2024-03-21** 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/967822cf-ea31-477a-8eb8-a36055d98545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).