---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juneteenth Observance Amendments"
description: "Juneteenth Observance Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 309"
citation: "Utah HB 309 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "State Symbols and Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hollins, Sandra"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21T19:47:32+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:12:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e43cfcef-fdef-40cb-9513-587bc4634489"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0309.html"
source_hash: "e08eaccf584ca7f2c08886bbd9069d8fbb894fc4e0b5f54ca4e51e178b325fcd"
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 309 (2026) — Juneteenth Observance 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/2026/bills/introduced/HB0309.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0309 To HB0309S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0309S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0309.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **23–3** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hollins, Sandra — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21T19:47:32+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-21T19:47:32+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-21T19:47:34+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0309
- **2026-01-21T19:47:34+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0309
- **2026-01-22T17:15:56+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-22T18:20:52+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T22:14:14+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0309
- **2026-01-22T22:14:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0309
- **2026-01-23T16:58:05+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T19:11:05+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27T21:00:00+00:00** House Comm - Not Considered [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee]
- **2026-01-29T22:06:06+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0309S01
- **2026-01-29T22:06:06+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0309S01
- **2026-01-30T22:46:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0309S01
- **2026-01-30T22:46:50+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0309S01
- **2026-01-30T23:02:25+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee]
- **2026-01-30T23:03:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02T18:11:17+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee]
- **2026-02-02T18:11:18+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-10T22:02:34+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T22:07:02+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-10T22:07:04+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-10T22:36:14+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-12T17:32:53+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-13T17:17:19+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T00:14:14+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18T00:15:21+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-02-18T17:30:46+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-02-18T17:30:47+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T17:24:43+00:00** Senate/ placed back on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25T22:30:52+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-26T22:13:48+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-26T22:18:30+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27T18:14:30+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27T18:29:05+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-27T18:29:06+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-27T18:29:07+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-27T20:35:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T20:35:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-03T15:11:08+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-03T15:11:11+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-05T20:33:08+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05T20:33:12+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:20:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:20:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:12:00+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/e43cfcef-fdef-40cb-9513-587bc4634489`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).