---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 162 Intergenerational Poverty Matching -- Education Savings Plan"
description: "S.B. 162 Intergenerational Poverty Matching -- Education Savings Plan"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 162"
citation: "Utah S.B. 162 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Public Assistance", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/006194bc-21c0-4562-bea0-1c18be3488e3"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0162.html"
source_hash: "6866295028478f3e68386ac5312f251579d501870d657526699fba62e557efc6"
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. 162 (2018) — S.B. 162 Intergenerational Poverty Matching -- Education Savings Plan

## 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/SB0162S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0162.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **68–1** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **23–1** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Owens, Derrin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-08** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-27** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2018-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-03-02** circled
- **2018-03-02** uncircled
- **2018-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-02** to House
- **2018-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-03-05** received from Senate
- **2018-03-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-06** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-06** to Senate
- **2018-03-07** received from House
- **2018-03-07** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-15** 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/006194bc-21c0-4562-bea0-1c18be3488e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).