---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education Deadline and Fiscal Flexibility"
description: "Education Deadline and Fiscal Flexibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Utah SB 178 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter Schools", "Education", "K-12 Education", "School Districts", "School Fees", "School Finance", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02b69a22-62b9-4c91-b931-285188fbbb94"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0178.html"
source_hash: "37dce08cfbeb4d0db12ddc0d2e2328364357f97729cd54766877f7c2b7c16806"
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 178 (2021) — Education Deadline and Fiscal Flexibility

## 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/SB0178.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0178.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0178.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- Moss, Jefferson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-10** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-10** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-02-10** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-15** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-16** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-22** to House
- **2021-02-22** received from Senate
- **2021-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-04** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-05** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** 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`
- **2021-03-17** 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/02b69a22-62b9-4c91-b931-285188fbbb94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).