---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educational Financial Aid for Students with a Criminal Record"
description: "Educational Financial Aid for Students with a Criminal Record"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 162"
citation: "Utah S.B. 162 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Scholarships and Financial Aid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-19"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/110dbff2-e6a6-4019-a857-0db5eabccbd2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0162.html"
source_hash: "bf280f093c2a63d08751b689a1f8b590b12a0dd2f14736f1a04b2e7ac7908438"
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 (2020) — Educational Financial Aid for Students with a Criminal Record

## 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/SB0162.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0162.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **49–22** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd — primary (person)
- Ballard, Melissa G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-19** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-20** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-23** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-24** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-02** to House
- **2020-03-02** received from Senate
- **2020-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-11** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-03-11** to Senate
- **2020-03-11** received from House
- **2020-03-11** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-11** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-11** 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`
- **2020-03-30** 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/110dbff2-e6a6-4019-a857-0db5eabccbd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).