---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utah State Board of Education Ethics Amendments"
description: "Utah State Board of Education Ethics Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 194"
citation: "Utah HB 194 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Ethics", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes, Sahara"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08T21:57:54+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T21:27:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b211317-c687-4b57-884b-4f088f1b42ce"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0194.html"
source_hash: "62401412cad3bdd4e9aee5cb865d413a28f401cba7cd4b92f895adc122fdf71a"
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 194 (2026) — Utah State Board of Education Ethics 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/HB0194.xml)
2. **Amended 2/10/2026 09:02:831** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0194_2026-02-10_09-51-42.pdf)
3. **Amended 2/26/2026 09:02:771** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0194_2026-02-26_09-45-42.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 2/10/2026 09:02:831** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0194_2026-02-10_09-51-42.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 2/26/2026 09:02:771** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0194_2026-02-26_09-45-42.pdf)
6. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0194.Hamd.1.pdf)
7. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0194.Hamd.2.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0194.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **61–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes, Sahara — primary (person)
- Johnson, John D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08T21:57:54+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-08T21:57:54+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-08T21:57:59+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0194
- **2026-01-08T21:57:59+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0194
- **2026-01-14T21:03:32+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T21:57:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0194
- **2026-01-18T00:00:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0194
- **2026-01-20T16:28:28+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-04T19:20:52+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T00:29:21+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Education Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-10T00:30:37+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T18:17:44+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Education Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-10T18:17:45+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-18T21:31:48+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-18T21:34:50+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-18T21:34:52+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`
- **2026-02-26T00:26:49+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-26T00:35:43+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T17:24:41+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-26T17:24:42+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26T22:05:34+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0194
- **2026-02-27T17:45:18+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0194
- **2026-03-05T00:03:05+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T23:39:50+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-07T03:57:35+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-07T04:00:24+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-07T04:00:25+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-07T04:28:48+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T04:28:49+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-07T04:42:06+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T04:42:07+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-10T16:20:21+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-10T16:20:22+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-10T16:20:23+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-11T19:19:54+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:19:55+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-11T21:53:14+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-11T21:53:17+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T18:26:27+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T18:26:31+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T20:59:06+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T20:59:08+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T21:27:25+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/1b211317-c687-4b57-884b-4f088f1b42ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).