---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public and Higher Education Collaboration"
description: "Public and Higher Education Collaboration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "Utah SB 152 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "K-12 Education", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "State Board of Education", "Student Privacy", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 51
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-16T22:59:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:19:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d95aced-126d-4c55-a7a9-c5b6f3d76357"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0152.html"
source_hash: "58316238ba74b29e0b8c4303f3902d30fcc267ea0f90463dfcc472bde4ba53e6"
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 152 (2026) — Public and Higher Education Collaboration

## 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/SB0152.xml)
2. **Amended 1/27/2026 10:01:814** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0152_2026-01-27_10-59-44.pdf)
3. **Amended 3/5/2026 16:03:284** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0152_2026-03-05_16-36-03.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 1/27/2026 10:01:814** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0152_2026-01-27_10-59-44.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 3/5/2026 16:03:284** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0152_2026-03-05_16-36-03.pdf)
6. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0152.Hamd.2.pdf)
7. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0152.Samd.1.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0152.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Peterson, Val L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16T22:59:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-16T22:59:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-16T22:59:03+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0152
- **2026-01-16T22:59:03+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0152
- **2026-01-19T15:28:19+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T18:09:51+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-21T19:08:38+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T00:34:30+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0152
- **2026-01-22T19:40:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0152
- **2026-01-23T15:10:14+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T23:29:55+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-26T23:32:42+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:29+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:30+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-09T18:38:16+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09T18:43:22+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10T18:26:56+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T18:29:27+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-10T18:29:28+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-10T19:40:59+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T21:07:36+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-11T19:31:57+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T16:56:13+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:18:05+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:18:07+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-04T18:34:33+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T18:34:34+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T18:45:51+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04T18:52:26+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-04T19:01:28+00:00** House/ motion to reconsider
- **2026-03-04T19:01:53+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-03-04T23:02:58+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-03-04T23:04:23+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-04T23:06:04+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-04T23:06:06+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T01:21:45+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T01:21:46+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T16:27:20+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T16:27:21+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T17:52:48+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T17:52:49+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-05T17:52:50+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T15:10:02+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T15:10:03+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:46:04+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T21:46:05+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T16:59:32+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T16:59:34+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T15:48:26+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T15:48:28+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:19:43+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/9d95aced-126d-4c55-a7a9-c5b6f3d76357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).