---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 172 Higher Education Student Assistance Amendments"
description: "S.B. 172 Higher Education Student Assistance Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "Utah SB 172 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Public Funds and Accounts", "State Treasurer", "Utah Board of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cb3bbd2-8bea-4e45-9841-b4e30aa0861d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0172.html"
source_hash: "46884b469db3ab4d6d6182675fc41fabb658bae47f956bde19a26be2ee78e5d2"
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 172 (2022) — S.B. 172 Higher Education Student Assistance 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/~2022/bills/sbillint/SB0172S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillamd/SB0172S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0172.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Peterson, Val L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-04** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-09** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** comm rpt/amended
- **2022-02-10** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-11** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-14** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-15** floor amendment # 1
- **2022-02-15** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-16** to House
- **2022-02-16** received from Senate
- **2022-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** circled
- **2022-03-03** uncircled
- **2022-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-03-03** to Senate
- **2022-03-03** received from House
- **2022-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-22** 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/1cb3bbd2-8bea-4e45-9841-b4e30aa0861d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).