---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Board Vacancy Amendments"
description: "School Board Vacancy Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 126"
citation: "Utah S.B. 126 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Law", "Education", "K-12 Education", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-12"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1783250-696e-4966-a3fd-98d7df10178c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0126.html"
source_hash: "2e523b72960fd3da9f61a2fddef7bda7c2fe44cea19258cc444d754b5d17a3f0"
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. 126 (2020) — School Board Vacancy Amendments

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillint/SB0126.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillamd/SB0126.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0126.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd — primary (person)
- Briscoe, Joel K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-12** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-12** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-13** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-14** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-19** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2020-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** circled
- **2020-03-09** uncircled
- **2020-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-09** to House
- **2020-03-09** received from Senate
- **2020-03-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-03-12** to Senate
- **2020-03-13** received from House
- **2020-03-13** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-28** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-28** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-28** 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/c1783250-696e-4966-a3fd-98d7df10178c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).