---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education Code Modifications"
description: "Education Code Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 179"
citation: "Utah S.B. 179 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Public Education", "School Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Millner, Ann"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1891024-1ae9-4eb7-a77c-5c99656af244"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0179.html"
source_hash: "5cf6f1becd27a64c19fb9933d6ff587629f7bc4a6c293f421e60e5a867c76a54"
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. 179 (2018) — Education Code Modifications

## 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/SB0179.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0179.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Millner, Ann — primary (person)
- Peterson, Val L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-12** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-12** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-13** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-14** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **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** 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
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/b1891024-1ae9-4eb7-a77c-5c99656af244`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).