---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Scheduling Amendments"
description: "School Scheduling Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 358"
citation: "Utah HB 358 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Welton, Doug"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23T20:28:19+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T22:02:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bc6d5ee-f2a4-405b-97e3-50c9086e9fb6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0358.html"
source_hash: "1faacd74c41215b8934ba508f2c886b8fb5c51f85a60302f04dd167903272482"
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 358 (2026) — School Scheduling 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/HB0358.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0358 To HB0358S01.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0358.Hamd.1.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0358S01.xml)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0358.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Welton, Doug — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23T20:28:19+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-23T20:28:19+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-23T20:28:20+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0358
- **2026-01-23T20:28:20+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0358
- **2026-01-26T14:36:18+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T18:22:59+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-28T16:17:02+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0358
- **2026-01-28T22:28:29+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0358
- **2026-01-29T14:33:49+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-06T19:01:10+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09T20:30:58+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0358S01
- **2026-02-09T20:30:58+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0358S01
- **2026-02-10T01:41:36+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Education Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-10T01:44:06+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-10T01:44:41+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T18:17:44+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-10T18:17:45+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-11T17:39:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0358S01
- **2026-02-12T16:27:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0358S01
- **2026-02-18T21:44:14+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-18T21:49:05+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-18T21:49:07+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-18T22:58:28+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T17:20:54+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-20T23:09:33+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T01:08:55+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T01:09:51+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-03-03T16:36:57+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-03-03T16:36:58+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06T17:06:28+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T17:07:50+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:07:51+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:07:52+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`
- **2026-03-07T06:38:07+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-07T06:38:08+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T15:56:11+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T15:56:14+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T21:47:09+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T21:47:11+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T22:02:56+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/2bc6d5ee-f2a4-405b-97e3-50c9086e9fb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).