---
type: "Bill"
title: "Devices in Public Schools"
description: "Devices in Public Schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Utah SB 178 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "School Districts", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T19:50:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T01:43:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc14dcc2-19e4-4697-b1ac-805dd915d515"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0178.html"
source_hash: "0a097b1d91cf4738d183c54328bac9ecd200e25090e590ae78d711f1d4685ef0"
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 178 (2025) — Devices in Public Schools

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0178.xml)
2. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP SB0178 To SB0178S01.pdf)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB178H10.pdf)
4. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB178H10.pdf)
5. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB178S10.pdf)
6. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB178S10.pdf)
7. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0178S01.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0178.xml)

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- Welton, Douglas R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T19:50:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-01-27T19:50:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-28T15:33:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-28T18:21:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-28T19:03:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in Senate Rules Comm
- **2025-01-29T17:50:00+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-29T18:22:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T23:26:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05T18:19:00+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05T18:19:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-02-11T22:15:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-11T22:28:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12T18:44:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-12T18:44:00+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2025-02-12T18:55:00+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2025-02-12T18:57:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-12T18:57:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-02-12T20:01:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-02-13T17:17:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-18T17:58:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T00:28:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26T17:21:00+00:00** House/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26T17:21:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-27T21:13:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-27T21:24:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-27T21:24:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-02-27T21:24:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-28T01:11:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-28T01:11:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-03T18:40:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2025-03-03T18:40:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-05T00:18:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05T00:18:00+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-13T15:26:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-13T15:26:00+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T01:43:00+00:00** 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/cc14dcc2-19e4-4697-b1ac-805dd915d515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).