---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changes to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind"
description: "Changes to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 409"
citation: "Utah H.B. 409 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deaf and Hard of Hearing", "Education", "Public Education", "State Board of Education", "Blind Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pulsipher, Susan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bac4e48-dfd9-4002-a5a3-0c038ac1590d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0409.html"
source_hash: "8ca96b879f78f51e5410613e61c14eb5afd18abdda40758da2b708493d6e2f0c"
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. 409 (2019) — Changes to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind

## 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/HB0409.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0409.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pulsipher, Susan — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-25** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-25** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-26** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-03-01** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2019-03-05** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2019-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-07** to Senate
- **2019-03-07** received from House
- **2019-03-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-13** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2019-03-13** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-13** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **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`
- **2019-03-26** 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/0bac4e48-dfd9-4002-a5a3-0c038ac1590d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).