---
type: "Bill"
title: "Micro-Education Entity Facility Amendments"
description: "Micro-Education Entity Facility Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 126"
citation: "Utah HB 126 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Education", "Home Schooling", "K-12 Education", "Local Government Ordinances", "Municipalities", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Defay, Ariel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-11-03T22:36:40+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-13T23:17:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d59fddea-9af7-4c7e-9b47-e2f72d456441"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0126.html"
source_hash: "9b6e63e283ecfb046934edbe7ac246a71d5d9f27dc3615d195533f2e9ecb19aa"
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 HB 126 (2026) — Micro-Education Entity Facility 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/2026/bills/introduced/HB0126.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0126 To HB0126S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0126S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0126.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Defay, Ariel — primary (person)
- Fillmore, Lincoln — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-03T22:36:40+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0126
- **2025-11-03T22:36:40+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0126
- **2025-11-17T15:37:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0126
- **2026-01-02T22:31:50+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-02T22:31:50+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-02T22:31:54+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0126
- **2026-01-14T20:52:05+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T21:26:27+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-23T19:13:30+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26T18:43:54+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0126S01
- **2026-01-26T18:43:54+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0126S01
- **2026-01-26T21:20:46+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-01-26T21:21:52+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:24:11+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-01-27T18:24:12+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-28T01:11:11+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0126S01
- **2026-01-28T20:49:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0126S01
- **2026-02-04T22:17:49+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-04T22:21:29+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-04T22:21:31+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-04T22:38:13+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-05T18:12:30+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-06T21:16:15+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T00:33:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T17:19:11+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T17:19:12+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25T22:11:02+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-25T22:11:17+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-25T22:19:37+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-25T22:21:48+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26T17:51:53+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T17:52:12+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-27T18:04:22+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-27T18:05:59+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-27T18:06:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-27T18:06:01+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-27T20:35:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T20:35:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-03T15:32:41+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-03T15:32:42+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-04T03:58:47+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04T03:58:50+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T16:38:04+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T16:38:06+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-13T23:17:45+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/d59fddea-9af7-4c7e-9b47-e2f72d456441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).