---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 127 Reading Software Program Amendments"
description: "S.B. 127 Reading Software Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 127"
citation: "Utah S.B. 127 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Public Education", "School Finance", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephenson, Howard A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7385ce53-3381-4b2b-a68f-e59cc0c5272c"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0127.html"
source_hash: "c341076be724911f5376114b0a8f4d50fa31a90448e8cb602e05bef94c8ea12e"
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 S.B. 127 (2018) — S.B. 127 Reading Software Program Amendments

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillint/SB0127S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SB0127S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0127.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **46–18** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stephenson, Howard A. — primary (person)
- Last, Bradley G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-30** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-16** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-20** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** circled
- **2018-02-26** uncircled
- **2018-02-26** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-02-26** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-27** to House
- **2018-02-27** received from Senate
- **2018-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** circled
- **2018-03-06** uncircled
- **2018-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-06** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-06** to Senate
- **2018-03-06** received from House
- **2018-03-06** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** 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/7385ce53-3381-4b2b-a68f-e59cc0c5272c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).