---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Credit Transfer Amendments"
description: "Higher Education Credit Transfer Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 353"
citation: "Utah HB 353 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Governance", "Higher Education", "Higher Education Students", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilcox, Ryan D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-23T17:01:31+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T21:59:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0261129-ddac-4192-ae7f-d99f8e9a1360"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0353.html"
source_hash: "fab7dd50bb2ac10c7eda03e9f28f695d0f6b93cf5317504e248390f9b64c5288"
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 353 (2026) — Higher Education Credit Transfer 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/HB0353.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0353.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **23–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilcox, Ryan D. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23T17:01:31+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-23T17:01:31+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-23T17:01:34+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0353
- **2026-01-23T17:01:34+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0353
- **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)
- **2026-01-25T20:39:39+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0353
- **2026-01-25T20:39:40+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0353
- **2026-01-26T16:48:12+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`
- **2026-02-04T23:47:45+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T23:49:40+00:00** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee]
- **2026-02-05T18:14:11+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee]
- **2026-02-05T18:14:12+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09T18:28:35+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-09T18:31:10+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-09T18:31:12+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 Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T16:05:57+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T17:20:46+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T17:20:47+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26T22:22:08+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-26T22:24:33+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27T18:34:56+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27T18:37:20+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-27T18:37:21+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-27T18:37:22+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-27T20:35:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T20:35:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-03T15:14:14+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-03T15:14:15+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-06T17:58:50+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06T17:58:52+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T19:17:24+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:17:26+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T21:59:25+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/c0261129-ddac-4192-ae7f-d99f8e9a1360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).