# Utah H.B. 488: Federalism Amendments Utah H.B. 488, Federalism Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Ken Ivory (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-27 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB488-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 488 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Federalism Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-12 - Last action: 2025-03-27, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Ken Ivory (Republican) - Cosponsors: 7 - Subjects: Education, Higher Education, Federalism, Legislative Committees and Task Forces, Government Operations (State Issues) - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 18 (198 yes, 15 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ken Ivory (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kay J. Christofferson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Colin W. Jack (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Logan Monson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Nicholeen P. Peck (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Keven J. Stratton (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jason E. Thompson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Stephen L. Whyte (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-06 | House | House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-06 | House | House Conference Committee - Final Passage | pass | 67 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate/ refused to recede from Senate amendments | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | House | House/ refuse to concur with Senate amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage | pass | 19 | 4 | | | 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate/ floor amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 22 | 4 | | | 2025-03-03 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 1 | | | 2025-03-03 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 4 | 1 | | | 2025-02-21 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 63 | 4 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 9 | 1 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | | House | House/ refuse to concur with Senate amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ floor amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ refused to recede from Senate amendments | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (56) - 2025-03-27: Governor Signed - 2025-03-13: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-13: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-12: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-06: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-06: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: House Conference Committee - Final Passage (House) - 2025-03-06: House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Conference Committee Report - 2025-03-05: Bill Substituted by Conference Committee - 2025-03-05: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: House Conference Committee Appointed (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ refused to recede from Senate amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-05: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ refuse to concur with Senate amendment (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ floor amendment (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-21: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-21: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-21: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ placed on Time Certain Calendar (House) - 2025-02-19: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-19: House/ comm rpt/ amended (House) - 2025-02-19: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-19: House Comm - Amendment Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-14: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-02-14: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-02-12: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0488.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-03-05: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0488S02.pdf) - Amended 3/4/2025 19:03:471, 2025-03-04: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0488S01_2025-03-04_19-38-45.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-03-02: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0488S01.pdf) - Amended 2/19/2025 11:02:824, 2025-02-19: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0488_2025-02-19_11-35-27.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-02-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0488.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0488.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0488S02.pdf) - [Amended 3/4/2025 19:03:471 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0488S01_2025-03-04_19-38-45.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0488S01.pdf) - [Amended 2/19/2025 11:02:824 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0488_2025-02-19_11-35-27.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0488.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB488-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).