---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 517 Half-day Kindergarten Amendments"
description: "H.B. 517 Half-day Kindergarten Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 517"
citation: "Utah HB 517 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "School Districts", "Standards and Curriculum", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee, Trevor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3455efbe-2113-41f0-a2f2-8c8ac2583ebf"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0517.html"
source_hash: "e6f2103e944712ae48cb15d9f6899449cb0cb2128f8cda4f59e6a7d4dc88d8a0"
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 517 (2024) — H.B. 517 Half-day Kindergarten 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0517S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0517.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **18–7** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **64–5** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee, Trevor — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-02-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-02-09** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-02-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-02-16** to House Education Committee
- **2024-02-20** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** floor amendment # 2
- **2024-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-23** to Senate
- **2024-02-26** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-02-27** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** comm rpt/sent to Rules/substituted
- **2024-02-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-27** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2024-02-29** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-29** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** circled
- **2024-02-29** uncircled
- **2024-02-29** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to House with amendments
- **2024-02-29** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-29** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-08** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-08** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** 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/3455efbe-2113-41f0-a2f2-8c8ac2583ebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).