---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 159 Public School Discipline and Conduct Plans Amendments"
description: "S.B. 159 Public School Discipline and Conduct Plans Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "Utah SB 159 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "School Districts", "Student Discipline"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buxton, David G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40524caf-55d3-41bd-9d6c-7aa550ff4c5a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0159.html"
source_hash: "f4b3ac6df54009bf709be8043e243b6e0106b377e3bfb427c253cac9a5ab3562"
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 159 (2024) — S.B. 159 Public School Discipline and Conduct Plans 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/~2024/bills/sbillint/SB0159S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **67–6** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buxton, David G. — primary (person)
- Welton, Douglas R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-29** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** to Senate Education Committee
- **2024-02-08** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** circled
- **2024-02-15** uncircled
- **2024-02-15** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** circled
- **2024-02-20** uncircled
- **2024-02-20** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-20** to House
- **2024-02-20** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** to House Education Committee
- **2024-02-27** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2024-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-27** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2024-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** circled
- **2024-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-28** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-02-28** uncircled
- **2024-02-28** substituted from # 3 to # 4 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-29** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** to House
- **2024-02-29** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** 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/40524caf-55d3-41bd-9d6c-7aa550ff4c5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).