---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Government and Appropriations Amendments"
description: "General Government and Appropriations Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 256"
citation: "Utah SB 256 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Department of Government Operations", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Health Insurance", "Health and Human Services", "Public Funds and Accounts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Plumb, Jen"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-10T23:20:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T01:53:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d5dd385-60f4-4bed-9708-3502f79ca459"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0256.html"
source_hash: "e1dc7a9e7c2579d23ff72eb10a9f94047dc433c8d954305dd4434c18eb838932"
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 256 (2025) — General Government and Appropriations 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/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0256.xml)
2. **Amended 2/20/2025 11:02:378** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0256_2025-02-20_11-45-20.pdf)
3. **Amended 3/5/2025 20:03:838** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0256S02_2025-03-05_20-54-15.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 2/20/2025 11:02:378** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_SB0256_2025-02-20_11-45-20.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 3/5/2025 20:03:838** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_SB0256S02_2025-03-05_20-54-15.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP SB0256 To SB0256S01.pdf)
7. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP SB0256S01 To SB0256S02.pdf)
8. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0256S02.Hamd.1.pdf)
9. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB256H10.pdf)
10. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB256H10.pdf)
11. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB256H20.pdf)
12. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0256.Samd.1.pdf)
13. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB256S10.pdf)
14. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB256S10.pdf)
15. **Senate Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB256S20.pdf)
16. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0256S01.xml)
17. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0256S02.xml)
18. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0256.xml)

## Sponsors

- Plumb, Jen — primary (person)
- Thurston, Norman K — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10T23:20:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-02-10T23:20:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-02-11T14:43:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-02-11T18:27:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-14T16:57:00+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-02-18T19:02:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T16:06:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-20T16:07:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T17:59:00+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20T17:59:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-02-24T22:45:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-24T22:52:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25T17:49:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-25T17:51:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-25T17:51:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-02-25T19:20:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-02-25T21:08:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-27T18:17:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T02:50:00+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-03-04T02:50:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04T16:52:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted
- **2025-03-04T16:52:00+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2025-03-05T18:45:00+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T18:45:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-03-06T00:51:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-03-06T00:52:00+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2025-03-06T00:57:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-03-06T00:57:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-06T17:05:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T17:05:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2025-03-06T21:22:00+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T21:22:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-06T22:49:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T22:49:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-06T22:49:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-07T15:30:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-07T15:30:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-07T22:53:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2025-03-07T22:53:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-14T20:25:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-14T20:25:00+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-17T16:30:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-17T16:30:00+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T01:53:00+00:00** 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/3d5dd385-60f4-4bed-9708-3502f79ca459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).