---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter School Eligibility"
description: "Charter School Eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "Utah SB 131 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter Schools", "Education", "K-12 Education", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Balderree, Heidi"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13T22:33:09+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:19:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1af0bb72-d31a-4d42-bb88-cdb8cee75a54"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0131.html"
source_hash: "14b255ca0a7c7ae5d9ce3a9bb890b51e15a697608c577d9d5edaf292b3d1c65b"
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 131 (2026) — Charter School Eligibility

## 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/SB0131.xml)
2. **Amended 2/20/2026 12:02:76** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0131_2026-02-20_12-47-41.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/20/2026 12:02:76** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0131_2026-02-20_12-47-41.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0131.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0131.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **19–5** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **49–11** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **22–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Balderree, Heidi — primary (person)
- Walter, R. Neil — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13T22:33:09+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-13T22:33:09+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-13T22:33:13+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0131
- **2026-01-13T22:33:13+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0131
- **2026-01-14T16:32:39+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T19:40:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0131
- **2026-01-17T19:40:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0131
- **2026-01-19T21:59:01+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T18:07:25+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-21T19:08:38+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26T21:17:54+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:29+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:30+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-09T18:33:06+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09T18:38:13+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10T18:23:31+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T18:26:18+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-10T18:26:19+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-10T23:29:54+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-11T00:05:28+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-13T18:57:12+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T16:16:05+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Education Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-20T16:17:46+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T21:13:24+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Education Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-20T21:13:25+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-26T17:47:34+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T17:51:12+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-26T17:51:14+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-26T21:22:30+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T21:22:31+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-02-27T17:34:12+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-27T17:34:13+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-27T18:39:45+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T18:39:46+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-27T18:39:47+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-27T21:20:37+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T21:20:38+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-03T15:27:25+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-03T15:27:26+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-07T08:46:32+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-07T08:46:34+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T17:01:34+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T17:01:36+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:19:05+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/1af0bb72-d31a-4d42-bb88-cdb8cee75a54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).