---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural Economic Development Amendments"
description: "Rural Economic Development Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 276"
citation: "Utah H.B. 276 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Higher Education", "Rural Development", "Job Training"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watkins, Christine F"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b96b470-48f5-4046-bc4f-875a24db32c8"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0276.html"
source_hash: "1a7e3e17a3cdd5c92436678d36933353732b7573a51912a88107d23eb73f7718"
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 H.B. 276 (2019) — Rural Economic Development Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0276.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0276.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0276.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–3** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Watkins, Christine F — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-05** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-08** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-25** to Senate
- **2019-02-26** received from House
- **2019-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2019-03-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** floor amendment # 2
- **2019-03-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-13** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-13** received from Senate
- **2019-03-13** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-13** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-13** to Senate
- **2019-03-13** received from House
- **2019-03-13** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-13** to House
- **2019-03-13** received from Senate
- **2019-03-13** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-02** 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/7b96b470-48f5-4046-bc4f-875a24db32c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).