---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Civics Amendments"
description: "Higher Education Civics Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 219"
citation: "Utah HB 219 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Competency in Education", "Education", "Higher Education", "Higher Education Students", "Utah Board of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard, Melissa G."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09T22:29:06+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T21:28:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d8a34df-0729-446d-8f0b-3d3bf135daa4"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0219.html"
source_hash: "87465b6211521bd04d9e0844d22d3d9d939a60bd49c1fa0490e951e99c50155a"
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 219 (2026) — Higher Education Civics 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/HB0219.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0219 To HB0219S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0219S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0219.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **17–3** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **38–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballard, Melissa G. — primary (person)
- Fillmore, Lincoln — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09T22:29:06+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-09T22:29:06+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-09T22:29:09+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0219
- **2026-01-09T22:29:09+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0219
- **2026-01-14T21:06:19+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T11:29:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0219
- **2026-01-17T11:29:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0219
- **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)
- **2026-01-28T19:06:04+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0219S01
- **2026-01-28T19:06:04+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0219S01
- **2026-01-29T13:33:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0219S01
- **2026-01-29T13:33:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0219S01
- **2026-02-04T18:24:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-02-04T19:20:52+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09T22:40:00+00:00** House Comm - Not Considered [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-12T22:33:25+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T17:20:26+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T17:20:27+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-21T00:02:51+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-21T00:03:19+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-23T22:51:48+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-23T22:55:36+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T22:55:38+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-24T01:22:13+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T17:16:47+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T21:16:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T00:40:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T16:33:03+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T16:33:04+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+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
- **2026-03-06T18:06:26+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T18:09:07+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T18:09:08+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T18:09:09+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`
- **2026-03-07T06:56:33+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-07T06:56:36+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T19:47:26+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T19:47:29+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`
- **2026-03-19T21:28:45+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/5d8a34df-0729-446d-8f0b-3d3bf135daa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).