---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Alignment"
description: "Higher Education Alignment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 352"
citation: "Utah HB 352 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Higher Education", "Technical Colleges", "Utah Board of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Karen M."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23T16:58:26+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T21:57:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a7b81fc-f1f3-4280-8d4d-c9307b5444c2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0352.html"
source_hash: "2f927ff70b287025b7b443434e7a451447c872eb8e1bcbd060563d3398fb0f00"
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 352 (2026) — Higher Education Alignment

## 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/HB0352.xml)
2. **Amended 2/10/2026 15:02:308** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0352_2026-02-10_15-26-48.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/10/2026 15:02:308** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0352_2026-02-10_15-26-48.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0352.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0352.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Karen M. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23T16:58:26+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-23T16:58:26+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-23T16:58:27+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0352
- **2026-01-23T16:58:27+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0352
- **2026-01-23T17:51:15+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T18:18:05+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-25T20:39:14+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0352
- **2026-01-26T16:05:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0352
- **2026-01-26T17:30:56+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T19:09:50+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T22:32:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02T18:11:17+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02T18:11:18+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-10T22:07:05+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T22:08:06+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-10T22:14:39+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-10T22:14:41+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-10T22:36:14+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-12T17:32:53+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-13T17:17:19+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T23:31:35+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`
- **2026-03-05T22:29:59+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T01:17:51+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T01:21:43+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T01:21:44+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T01:21:45+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T02:14:02+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T02:14:03+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T22:03:19+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T22:03:20+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T17:03:44+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T17:03:49+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:32:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:32:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T21:57:11+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/9a7b81fc-f1f3-4280-8d4d-c9307b5444c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).