---
type: "Bill"
title: "Federal Funds Modifications"
description: "Federal Funds Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 249"
citation: "Utah HB 249 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Education", "Federalism", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Higher Education", "Legislative Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts, Calvin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14T17:53:11+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:50:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dca2102-c3c4-4b92-9a62-598653fd3398"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0249.html"
source_hash: "ce11cb4fba1142b3220c2b73edff56e707b569c65850e015a30d7d8764c7614b"
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 249 (2026) — Federal Funds Modifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0249.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0249 To HB0249S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0249S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0249.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **26–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberts, Calvin — primary (person)
- Johnson, John D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14T17:53:11+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-14T17:53:11+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-14T17:53:15+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0249
- **2026-01-14T17:53:15+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0249
- **2026-01-17T19:37:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0249
- **2026-01-20T15:30:07+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-06T21:35:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0249
- **2026-02-06T21:59:03+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0249S01
- **2026-02-06T21:59:03+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0249S01
- **2026-02-09T14:51:17+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T18:26:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-02-09T19:35:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Government Operations Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09T22:51:39+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0249S01
- **2026-02-09T23:23:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0249S01
- **2026-02-13T21:17:27+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Government Operations Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:26:02+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Government Operations Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:26:03+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-23T18:45:17+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T18:49:37+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T18:49:39+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-23T19:22:32+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T21:41:37+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T21:16:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T16:50:49+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T21:52:57+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T21:52:58+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T17:13:03+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-04T17:16:13+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-04T17:16:14+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-04T17:16:15+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-04T19:24:37+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T19:24:38+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:04:42+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T17:04:46+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T16:09:06+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T16:09:07+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T17:54:17+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T17:54:19+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:50:00+00:00** 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/4dca2102-c3c4-4b92-9a62-598653fd3398`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).