---
type: "Bill"
title: "Credit Acceptance by Higher Education Institutions"
description: "Credit Acceptance by Higher Education Institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 195"
citation: "Utah S.B. 195 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "State Board of Regents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephenson, Howard A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91a5a3f0-368e-4c83-ba3f-ffb5f783b09a"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0195.html"
source_hash: "7861ba2d570816c74dea6786329c143385dfb5b42d1b3c5387ba8d21712f2126"
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. 195 (2018) — Credit Acceptance by Higher Education Institutions

## 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/SB0195.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0195.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **57–11** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stephenson, Howard A. — primary (person)
- Peterson, Val L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-23** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** circled
- **2018-02-26** uncircled
- **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
- **2018-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-22** 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/91a5a3f0-368e-4c83-ba3f-ffb5f783b09a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).