---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Response to Sexual Offense"
description: "School Response to Sexual Offense"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 299"
citation: "Utah HB 299 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Education", "K-12 Education", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "Student Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews, Ashlee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-20T22:33:39+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T21:35:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea69d3ec-5c11-4389-9cb9-ce0aee8e54e8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0299.html"
source_hash: "7eb770aaecbaa55f01c3f3b81c3a7d99a9abbb66c4b1847639c8fe63f70d6505"
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 299 (2026) — School Response to Sexual Offense

## 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/HB0299.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0299.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **66–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthews, Ashlee — primary (person)
- Grover, Keith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20T22:33:39+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-20T22:33:39+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-20T22:33:39+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0299
- **2026-01-20T22:33:39+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0299
- **2026-01-21T17:08:02+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T18:14:32+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T19:43:12+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0299
- **2026-01-22T19:43:14+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0299
- **2026-01-23T16:58:05+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T19:15:01+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27T22:47:29+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28T18:47:09+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28T18:47:10+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-05T21:58:08+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-05T21:58:32+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-09T21:24:34+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-09T21:26:56+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-09T21:26:58+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-09T23:49:22+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T18:13:48+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-12T17:18:52+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T15:49:20+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:33:21+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:33:22+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19T21:44:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T21:46:29+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-20T17:52:15+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20T17:54:27+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-20T17:54:28+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-20T17:54:29+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-20T19:20:43+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T19:20:44+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-25T16:39:58+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-25T16:39:59+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-26T14:47:43+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26T14:47:50+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T21:26:38+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T21:26:40+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T21:35:08+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/ea69d3ec-5c11-4389-9cb9-ce0aee8e54e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).