---
type: "Bill"
title: "Federal Grant Process Amendments"
description: "Federal Grant Process Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 342"
citation: "Utah HB 342 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Legislative Committees and Task Forces", "Legislative Operations", "Legislative Organization", "Public Budgeting", "Public Funds and Accounts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Val L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-23T15:37:42+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:16:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/381f28ce-252d-4f3e-81e8-49ae52838355"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0342.html"
source_hash: "a4b4c097604aef99346204984905f19261818dd776779b2b4b6abce89e56bd94"
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 342 (2026) — Federal Grant Process 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/HB0342.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0342.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Val L. — primary (person)
- Stevenson, Jerry W — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23T15:37:42+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-23T15:37:42+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-23T15:37:43+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0342
- **2026-01-23T15:37:43+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0342
- **2026-01-23T16:53:07+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T18:18:05+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-25T20:30:27+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0342
- **2026-01-26T16:49:32+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0342
- **2026-01-26T17:30:56+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T19:45:21+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Rules Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:17:46+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Rules Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:17:47+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-06T22:21:01+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-06T22:30:47+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-06T22:30:49+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-06T23:32:32+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T18:11:26+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-10T21:28:01+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T16:36:37+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:38:30+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:38:31+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19T18:32:06+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T18:32:09+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-25T23:06:49+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-25T23:09:36+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26T17:56:13+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T17:56:31+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-27T01:20:08+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-27T01:22:55+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-27T01:22:56+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-27T01:22:57+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-27T16:15:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T16:15:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-27T17:02:24+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-27T17:02:28+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-02T17:35:43+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02T17:35:47+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T21:26:38+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T21:26:40+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:16:00+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/381f28ce-252d-4f3e-81e8-49ae52838355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).