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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Higher Education Code Amendments"
+description: "Higher Education Code Amendments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 279"
+citation: "Utah HB 279 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Higher Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Val L."]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-16T22:47:15+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-19T21:30:59+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8f67dda-a156-4a63-aafa-960532c14356"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0279.html"
+source_hash: "77d7fae19399c468431fb6c0fdfc0aa4adc62138ea8d5544081f4bc7f65d56e3"
+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 279 (2026) — Higher Education Code 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0279.xml)
+2. **Amended 2/13/2026 11:02:472** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0279S02_2026-02-13_11-00-48.pdf)
+3. **Amended Excerpts 2/13/2026 11:02:472** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0279S02_2026-02-13_11-00-48.pdf)
+4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0279 To HB0279S01.pdf)
+5. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0279S01 To HB0279S02.pdf)
+6. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0279S02.Hamd.1.pdf)
+7. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0279S01.xml)
+8. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0279S02.xml)
+9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0279.xml)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- House/ passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Peterson, Val L. — primary (person)
+- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-16T22:47:15+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2026-01-16T22:47:15+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2026-01-16T22:47:17+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0279
+- **2026-01-16T22:47:17+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0279
+- **2026-01-19T19:10:20+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0279
+- **2026-01-19T19:10:22+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0279
+- **2026-01-20T15:51:38+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2026-01-20T16:28:28+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2026-01-20T22:44:32+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-01-23T19:12:37+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27T20:56:27+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0279S01
+- **2026-01-27T20:56:27+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0279S01
+- **2026-01-27T22:37:15+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Education Committee]
+- **2026-01-27T22:38:08+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-28T18:47:09+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Education Committee]
+- **2026-01-28T18:47:10+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-01-28T21:13:33+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0279S01
+- **2026-01-28T21:13:34+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0279S01
+- **2026-02-05T20:08:03+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0279S02
+- **2026-02-05T20:08:03+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0279S02
+- **2026-02-05T21:53:58+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-05T21:54:57+00:00** House/ substituted
+- **2026-02-05T21:57:58+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-05T21:58:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
+- **2026-02-06T00:35:44+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
+- **2026-02-06T17:24:38+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0279S02
+- **2026-02-06T17:24:39+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0279S02
+- **2026-02-06T18:21:45+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-02-09T22:32:04+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12T15:12:33+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-02-12T15:15:34+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17T17:38:25+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-17T17:38:26+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2026-02-18T21:48:22+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-18T21:48:38+00:00** Senate/ circled
+- **2026-02-18T21:51:26+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
+- **2026-02-18T21:53:58+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-19T17:50:55+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-19T17:51:09+00:00** Senate/ circled
+- **2026-02-19T18:24:53+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
+- **2026-02-19T18:27:13+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-19T18:27:14+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
+- **2026-02-19T21:12:27+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2026-02-19T21:12:28+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
+- **2026-02-20T18:02:00+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-20T18:02:18+00:00** House/ to Senate
+- **2026-02-23T17:12:19+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
+- **2026-02-23T17:12:20+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
+- **2026-02-23T17:12:21+00:00** Senate/ to House
+- **2026-02-23T19:18:41+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2026-02-23T19:18:42+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2026-02-25T16:58:30+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
+- **2026-02-25T16:58:32+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2026-02-26T14:45:34+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2026-02-26T14:45:42+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2026-03-03T21:26:38+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2026-03-03T21:26:40+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-19T21:30:59+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/b8f67dda-a156-4a63-aafa-960532c14356`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+