---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Funding of Education Technology"
description: "Local Funding of Education Technology"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 144"
citation: "Utah S.B. 144 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Technology", "Education", "Public Education", "Property Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, J. Stuart"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e3ea709-cf51-4f69-8d1f-7ea1bdc5f2fd"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0144.html"
source_hash: "4003c36867c25d34d1438922e34c943b2155c4cdf5eb87176215570dc908bc75"
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. 144 (2018) — Local Funding of Education Technology

## 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/SB0144.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0144.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Adams, J. Stuart — primary (person)
- Wilson, Brad R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-05** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-07** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** circled
- **2018-02-20** uncircled
- **2018-02-20** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-21** to House
- **2018-02-21** received from Senate
- **2018-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** circled
- **2018-03-07** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2018-03-08** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-08** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-08** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-08** to Senate
- **2018-03-08** received from House
- **2018-03-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** 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/1e3ea709-cf51-4f69-8d1f-7ea1bdc5f2fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).