republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2025/hb-260.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "First Credential Program"
description: "First Credential Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 260"
citation: "Utah HB 260 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Concurrent Enrollment", "Department of Workforce Services", "Education", "Higher Education", "K-12 Education", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "State Board of Education", "Technical Colleges", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Val L."]
version_count: 15
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-17T18:17:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T14:44:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d23628b-bc1b-4f7a-afc4-faed8586f3eb"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0260.html"
source_hash: "0bdf43ae41d4c3ad28384a6260198329e3ebc7695f98b4ae5d5772c3d9ca04ee"
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 260 (2025) — First Credential Program

## 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/2025/bills/introduced/HB0260.xml)
2. **Amended 3/5/2025 16:03:810** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0260S02_2025-03-05_16-43-22.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 3/5/2025 16:03:810** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0260S02_2025-03-05_16-43-22.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0260 To HB0260S01.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0260S01 To HB0260S02.pdf)
6. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB260H10.pdf)
7. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB260H10.pdf)
8. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB260H20.pdf)
9. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0260S02.Samd.1.pdf)
10. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB260S10.pdf)
11. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB260S10.pdf)
12. **Senate Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB260S20.pdf)
13. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0260S01.xml)
14. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0260S02.xml)
15. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0260.xml)

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Val L. — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17T18:17:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-01-17T18:17:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-21T15:51:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T22:28:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-23T17:16:00+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-27T18:35:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T22:18:00+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-01-28T22:18:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29T18:11:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted
- **2025-01-29T18:11:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-06T21:50:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-06T21:56:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-06T21:56:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-06T23:53:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-07T18:13:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-10T21:16:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T22:20:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-02-14T22:33:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T21:21:00+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted
- **2025-02-18T21:21:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-02-20T22:12:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-02-20T22:15:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T22:15:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-20T22:15:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2025-03-05T21:44:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T22:14:00+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2025-03-05T22:17:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-05T22:17:00+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2025-03-06T02:34:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T02:34:00+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2025-03-06T04:02:00+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T04:02:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-06T17:03:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T17:03:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-06T17:03:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-06T19:30:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T19:30:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-06T23:35:00+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2025-03-06T23:35:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-08T06:13:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-08T06:13:00+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-12T18:38:00+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-12T18:39:00+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T14:44:00+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/2d23628b-bc1b-4f7a-afc4-faed8586f3eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).