---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 128 Public Safety Officer Scholarship Program"
description: "S.B. 128 Public Safety Officer Scholarship Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "Utah SB 128 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Peace Officers", "Scholarships and Financial Aid", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ipson, Don L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd1db4a0-7b65-4932-a1b2-14022168abfc"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0128.html"
source_hash: "fc48bf7f57f399bbc0c171359a79306d15814567fc44a24f7b8b9df04f46aa06"
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 128 (2023) — S.B. 128 Public Safety Officer Scholarship Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillint/SB0128S05.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0128S05.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0128.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 4 to # 5 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ipson, Don L. — primary (person)
- Burton, Jefferson S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-24** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-25** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** to Senate Education Committee
- **2023-01-26** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-31** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2023-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** substituted from # 1 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** circled
- **2023-02-06** uncircled
- **2023-02-06** substituted from # 3 to # 4 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-06** to House
- **2023-02-06** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-13** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 4 to # 5
- **2023-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-14** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-14** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2023-02-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** circled
- **2023-03-01** uncircled
- **2023-03-01** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-02** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** 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/fd1db4a0-7b65-4932-a1b2-14022168abfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).