---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grow Your Own Educator Pipeline Program Amendments"
description: "Grow Your Own Educator Pipeline Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Utah HB 163 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education Grant Programs", "K-12 Education", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "School Personnel", "Special Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilcox, Ryan D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-07T16:53:20+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T21:23:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22cd9f73-2030-45e0-bf2f-d45fd278620c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0163.html"
source_hash: "8e8102751ce368f9e04c09c3fddb2437a0c20846eddad595370d28461ab4f00c"
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 163 (2026) — Grow Your Own Educator Pipeline Program 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/HB0163.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0163.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilcox, Ryan D. — primary (person)
- Johnson, John D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T16:53:20+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-07T16:53:20+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-07T16:53:22+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0163
- **2026-01-07T16:53:22+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0163
- **2026-01-14T20:59:07+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T17:39:38+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0163
- **2026-01-16T17:39:40+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0163
- **2026-01-20T16:17:04+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T18:43:32+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27T21:52:41+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28T18:47:08+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28T18:47:09+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-05T21:50:59+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-05T21:53:55+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-05T21:53:57+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-06T00:35:44+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-06T18:21:44+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-09T22:32:04+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T16:11:11+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:38:24+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:38:25+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-18T21:46:36+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-18T21:48:20+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T17:42:54+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T17:44:45+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:44:46+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:44:47+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-19T19:23:39+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T19:23:40+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-23T21:37:57+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-23T21:38:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-23T22:15:34+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-23T22:15:36+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T20:49:47+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T20:49:49+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T21:23:35+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/22cd9f73-2030-45e0-bf2f-d45fd278620c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).