---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Excused Absence Amendments"
description: "School Excused Absence Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 145"
citation: "Utah HB 145 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Athletics", "Colleges and Universities", "Education", "K-12 Education", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "School Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-05T20:31:47+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T21:13:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f87da2b-5780-47b0-a8b7-95d4fd380aba"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0145.html"
source_hash: "9ad896bf74dd625d4fb893b7e2c6792fa5e520a31c1f9680712573109c4951df"
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 145 (2026) — School Excused Absence 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/HB0145.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0145 To HB0145S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0145S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0145.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **19–2** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **66–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albrecht, Carl R. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05T20:31:47+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-05T20:31:47+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-05T20:31:50+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0145
- **2026-01-05T20:31:50+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0145
- **2026-01-14T20:55:52+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T12:36:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0145
- **2026-01-16T12:36:38+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0145
- **2026-01-20T16:17:04+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-04T19:20:52+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09T22:49:29+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0145S01
- **2026-02-09T22:49:29+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0145S01
- **2026-02-09T23:47:28+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-09T23:49:16+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T18:17:43+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-10T18:17:44+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-11T18:43:06+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0145S01
- **2026-02-11T18:43:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0145S01
- **2026-02-18T21:23:11+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-18T21:28:53+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-18T21:28:55+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-18T22:58:28+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T17:20:54+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-20T23:09:33+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T00:18:31+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T17:24:41+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T17:24:42+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:05+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T03:02:26+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T17:30:01+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T17:32:51+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T17:32:52+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:32:53+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T22:35:33+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T22:35:34+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-07T06:47:26+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-07T06:47:29+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T19:40:47+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T19:40:50+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T17:15:06+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T17:15:08+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T21:13:25+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/0f87da2b-5780-47b0-a8b7-95d4fd380aba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).