---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Base Budget"
description: "Higher Education Base Budget"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Utah SB 1 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Higher Education", "Technical Colleges", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Millner, Ann"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16T19:26:05+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-01T06:25:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9be8e25b-5864-454e-aed7-440d48d8141a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0001.html"
source_hash: "8b56cd676eae5331a60b30e404c5b830424135e24f34cf73714b042f30641945"
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 SB 1 (2026) — Higher Education Base Budget

## 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/SB0001.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0001.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Millner, Ann — primary (person)
- Peterson, Karen M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16T19:26:05+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-16T19:26:05+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-16T19:26:08+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0001
- **2026-01-16T19:26:08+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0001
- **2026-01-17T15:29:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0001
- **2026-01-18T00:58:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0001
- **2026-01-19T15:28:19+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-19T21:59:01+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T23:45:35+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-27T18:18:22+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-28T18:23:33+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-28T18:26:47+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-28T18:26:48+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-01-28T18:32:52+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T18:56:05+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-28T18:57:36+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-28T18:57:37+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-29T18:19:05+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-29T18:22:50+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-29T18:22:51+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-01-29T18:22:52+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-01-29T19:15:14+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-01-29T19:15:15+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-01-29T23:28:08+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-01-29T23:28:13+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-01-30T23:41:49+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-01-30T23:41:53+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-01-31T00:11:17+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-01-31T00:11:19+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-01T06:25:03+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/9be8e25b-5864-454e-aed7-440d48d8141a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).