---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 45 Statewide Online Education Program Amendments"
description: "S.B. 45 Statewide Online Education Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Utah SB 45 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter Schools", "Education", "K-12 Education", "Online Learning and/or Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-22"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9eb2ee1-48cb-4f7b-971c-32fcd9e16638"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0045.html"
source_hash: "692f459fd376e7144152d992fc6566d1cdc248d67297eb5a51b02a594a799ef2"
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 45 (2023) — S.B. 45 Statewide Online Education Program 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/SB0045S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0045.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- Birkeland, Kera — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** to Senate Education Committee
- **2023-01-18** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-01-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-31** to House
- **2023-01-31** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** to House Education Committee
- **2023-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **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
- **2023-02-28** uncircled
- **2023-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to Senate
- **2023-02-28** motion to reconsider
- **2023-02-28** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **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/e9eb2ee1-48cb-4f7b-971c-32fcd9e16638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).