---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act Amendments"
description: "Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 265"
citation: "Utah SB 265 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Federalism", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Higher Education", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "State Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandall, Scott D."]
version_count: 11
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-12T19:18:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T01:55:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2459a882-c4f3-48a3-bfb0-f2f3424cc4b0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0265.html"
source_hash: "072000435db19690937d9806daa8c47a87ea3ca0758358fb3b1a3fad2ff37a66"
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 265 (2025) — Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act 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/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0265.xml)
2. **Amended 2/19/2025 08:02:799** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0265_2025-02-19_08-54-30.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/19/2025 08:02:799** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_SB0265_2025-02-19_08-54-30.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP SB0265 To SB0265S01.pdf)
5. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB265H10.pdf)
6. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB265H10.pdf)
7. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0265.Samd.1.pdf)
8. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB265S10.pdf)
9. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB265S10.pdf)
10. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0265S01.xml)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0265.xml)

## Sponsors

- Sandall, Scott D. — primary (person)
- Ivory, Ken — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12T19:18:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-02-12T19:18:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-02-13T15:49:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-02-13T17:35:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-14T17:12:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T19:33:00+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-02-18T23:11:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-18T23:13:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19T17:16:00+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19T17:16:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-02-21T23:32:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-21T23:34:00+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2025-02-21T23:37:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-24T21:51:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-24T21:51:00+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2025-02-24T23:51:00+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2025-02-24T23:54:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-24T23:54:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-02-25T00:12:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-02-25T17:09:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-27T18:17:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T01:09:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04T16:52:00+00:00** House/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04T16:52:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-03-05T01:53:00+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2025-03-07T22:24:00+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-08T04:41:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-03-08T04:42:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-03-08T04:42:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-08T04:42:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-08T07:35:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-08T07:35:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-11T14:51:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2025-03-11T14:51:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-13T20:40:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-13T20:40:00+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-17T15:30:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-17T15:30:00+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T01:55:00+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/2459a882-c4f3-48a3-bfb0-f2f3424cc4b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).