---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 44 Alternative Education Scholarship Combination"
description: "S.B. 44 Alternative Education Scholarship Combination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "Utah SB 44 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Home Schooling", "K-12 Education", "Special Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-12-28"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67ce18d0-211a-42e0-b89d-69e3d4ac51c7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0044.html"
source_hash: "1f937f997d6de083ab80092addc9bea99066e81c1ed0132085e7c077f8b48249"
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 44 (2024) — S.B. 44 Alternative Education Scholarship Combination

## 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/SB0044S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0044S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0044.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **64–7** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **20–8** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **17–7** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- Pierucci, Candice B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-03** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** to Senate Education Committee
- **2024-01-25** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-01-25** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-01-25** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-01-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** circled
- **2024-02-02** uncircled
- **2024-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** circled
- **2024-02-05** uncircled
- **2024-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-05** to House
- **2024-02-05** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** to House Education Committee
- **2024-02-15** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-15** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** circled
- **2024-02-21** uncircled
- **2024-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-21** to Senate
- **2024-02-22** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-23** circled
- **2024-02-26** uncircled
- **2024-02-26** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-26** to House
- **2024-02-26** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-26** to Senate
- **2024-02-26** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-27** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** 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/67ce18d0-211a-42e0-b89d-69e3d4ac51c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).