---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Education Funding Equalization"
description: "Public Education Funding Equalization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Utah SB 83 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Property Tax", "School Accountability", "School Districts", "State School Funding Distribution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8960022-49c9-49b3-ac2f-8436cba92a2a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0083.html"
source_hash: "553b89c82e38f99468c0864e825f28a9b3bf4fe6966db8c4925373cbd1058f33"
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 83 (2023) — Public Education Funding Equalization

## 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/SB0083.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0083.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **67–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- Thurston, Norman K — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-06** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-06** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-12** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-01-12** fiscal note publicly available
- **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 - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2023-02-02** to House Education Committee
- **2023-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** 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** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-01** 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`
- **2023-03-17** 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/d8960022-49c9-49b3-ac2f-8436cba92a2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).