---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 146 Higher Education Governance Amendments"
description: "S.B. 146 Higher Education Governance Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "Utah SB 146 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Governance", "Higher Education", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Millner, Ann"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5539671-3afa-4cca-aab5-c055937ec9f7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0146.html"
source_hash: "51d9850908750a3d5477f48872d5d4a6d7e120955d3826a908694b75bcc225de"
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 146 (2023) — S.B. 146 Higher Education Governance 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/~2023/bills/sbillint/SB0146S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0146S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0146.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Millner, Ann — primary (person)
- Peterson, Karen M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** to Senate Education Committee
- **2023-01-31** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** floor amendment # 2
- **2023-02-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-07** to House
- **2023-02-08** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-14** to House Education Committee
- **2023-02-16** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-16** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2023-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **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 # 4
- **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
- **2023-03-01** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House
- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-02** 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`
- **2023-03-14** 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/f5539671-3afa-4cca-aab5-c055937ec9f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).