---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 278 Court Reporter Amendments"
description: "H.B. 278 Court Reporter Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 278"
citation: "Utah H.B. 278 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations and Professions", "Courts", "Judiciary", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knotwell, John"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7076821b-99ef-4b1c-a65d-e6e55ebcacb8"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0278.html"
source_hash: "d332b8e7f91961c716cdd7d8baff6595cef4477d97b9001e7c4da0e3aec96034"
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. 278 (2019) — H.B. 278 Court Reporter 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/HB0278S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0278S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0278.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knotwell, John — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — 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
- **2019-02-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-25** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-03-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-05** to Senate
- **2019-03-06** received from House
- **2019-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-03-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-07** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-03-11** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-03-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-13** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2019-03-14** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-14** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-14** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-14** received from Senate
- **2019-03-14** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-14** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-14** to Senate
- **2019-03-14** received from House
- **2019-03-14** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-14** to House
- **2019-03-14** received from Senate
- **2019-03-14** 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`
- **2019-03-27** 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/7076821b-99ef-4b1c-a65d-e6e55ebcacb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).