---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Scholarships Amendments"
description: "Higher Education Scholarships Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "Utah SB 136 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Higher Education", "Higher Education Students", "Scholarships and Financial Aid", "Technical Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Derrin R."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9861747-c24a-42a2-bbec-6b89fa319a7b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0136.html"
source_hash: "493d4d853127257856dac72de39cb4adc48ccf0f6a731b002e854133c94b2705"
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 SB 136 (2021) — Higher Education Scholarships 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/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0136.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0136.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0136.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens, Derrin R. — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-26** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-29** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-01** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-02-08** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-09** to House
- **2021-02-10** received from Senate
- **2021-02-11** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-25** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-25** to Senate
- **2021-02-25** received from House
- **2021-02-25** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-22** 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/c9861747-c24a-42a2-bbec-6b89fa319a7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).