---
type: "Bill"
title: "Digital Skills Amendments"
description: "Digital Skills Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 218"
citation: "Utah HB 218 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Online Learning and/or Technology", "Standards and Curriculum", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teuscher, Jordan D."]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09T22:20:15+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T15:58:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88fbcd2c-361b-4e14-b6a7-e13786c63031"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0218.html"
source_hash: "9fd186174d9ae0745439888aec87b21703616446988d337bba7a9e47360aed44"
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 218 (2026) — Digital Skills 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/HB0218.xml)
2. **Amended 2/5/2026 10:02:340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0218S01_2026-02-05_10-58-02.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/5/2026 10:02:340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0218S01_2026-02-05_10-58-02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0218 To HB0218S01.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0218S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0218S01.xml)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0218.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Teuscher, Jordan D. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09T22:20:15+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-09T22:20:15+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-09T22:20:17+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0218
- **2026-01-09T22:20:17+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0218
- **2026-01-14T21:05:32+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T14:59:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0218
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-23T15:21:46+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0218
- **2026-01-23T16:58:05+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-29T20:49:46+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0218S01
- **2026-01-29T20:49:46+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0218S01
- **2026-02-02T14:21:23+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0218S01
- **2026-02-02T14:21:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0218S01
- **2026-02-02T18:22:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-02-02T19:11:01+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T23:04:55+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Education Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-04T23:06:09+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05T18:15:23+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Education Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-05T18:15:24+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-17T18:35:16+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17T18:35:40+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-17T18:41:59+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-17T18:51:05+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-17T18:51:07+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-17T19:09:28+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T21:28:42+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-19T21:58:28+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T00:49:24+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`
- **2026-03-06T19:19:24+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T23:05:22+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T23:05:35+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-06T23:36:00+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-06T23:38:39+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T23:38:40+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T23:38:41+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T04:08:38+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T04:08:39+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T18:23:29+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T18:23:31+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T23:26:11+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T23:26:13+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T17:30:02+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T17:30:04+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T15:58:00+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/88fbcd2c-361b-4e14-b6a7-e13786c63031`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).