---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 400 School Absenteeism Amendments"
description: "H.B. 400 School Absenteeism Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 400"
citation: "Utah HB 400 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Public Education Data and Reporting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Dan N."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/166ff865-2683-42b9-8db5-9cf6d5b3fceb"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0400.html"
source_hash: "88e3b648c90187b5e098acad27f7fd2920670bf78d38a136db03bca803020832"
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 400 (2023) — H.B. 400 School Absenteeism 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0400S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0400.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **53–19** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **54–16** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **16–7** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Dan N. — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-06** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-07** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-13** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-16** to Senate
- **2023-02-17** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** to Senate Education Committee
- **2023-02-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-27** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-27** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2023-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** circled
- **2023-03-01** uncircled
- **2023-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/166ff865-2683-42b9-8db5-9cf6d5b3fceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).