---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Discipline Amendments"
description: "School Discipline Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Utah SB 181 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "School Facilities", "State Board of Education", "Student Discipline", "Student Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-22T16:28:24+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:22:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1373b53d-e073-4a9b-8eda-9d2a213cf9c4"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0181.html"
source_hash: "c5d2e025653fe4ac70cf7ed5ffea9cfaaeafa823b31ac32bb7bbd751df4f56c3"
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 181 (2026) — School Discipline 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/SB0181.xml)
2. **Amended 3/6/2026 23:03:488** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0181S03_2026-03-06_23-38-45.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 3/6/2026 23:03:488** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0181S03_2026-03-06_23-38-45.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0181 To SB0181S01.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0181S01 To SB0181S02.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0181S02 To SB0181S03.pdf)
7. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0181S03.Hamd.1.pdf)
8. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0181S01.xml)
9. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0181S02.xml)
10. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0181S03.xml)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0181.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **20–3** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **56–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Thompson, Jason E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22T16:28:24+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-22T16:28:24+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-22T16:28:27+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0181
- **2026-01-22T16:28:27+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0181
- **2026-01-22T17:49:03+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-22T18:13:01+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-27T17:26:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0181
- **2026-01-27T18:08:45+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T18:29:13+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0181S01
- **2026-02-10T18:29:13+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0181S01
- **2026-02-12T15:52:09+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-02-12T16:02:14+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T13:55:06+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0181S01
- **2026-02-17T17:38:24+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-02-17T17:38:25+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-17T22:51:42+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0181S01
- **2026-02-23T17:54:03+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0181S02
- **2026-02-23T17:54:03+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0181S02
- **2026-02-24T18:39:31+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-24T18:42:38+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-24T18:44:42+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25T01:06:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0181S02
- **2026-02-25T16:39:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0181S02
- **2026-02-25T17:46:32+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-25T17:49:05+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-25T17:49:06+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-25T19:19:11+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T21:05:07+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-26T18:23:13+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-28T00:04:54+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:27:53+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:27:55+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-05T23:10:21+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0181S03
- **2026-03-05T23:10:21+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0181S03
- **2026-03-06T01:05:37+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0181S03
- **2026-03-06T02:21:56+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0181S03
- **2026-03-06T22:51:14+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T22:51:17+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-07T06:27:17+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-07T06:29:40+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-03-07T06:30:26+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-07T06:35:17+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-07T06:35:19+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T06:54:13+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T06:54:14+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-07T06:57:11+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T06:57:12+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T07:29:44+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T07:29:45+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-07T07:29:46+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-11T19:13:10+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:13:11+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-11T20:45:01+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-11T20:45:05+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T16:40:20+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T16:40:25+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T16:06:17+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T16:06:19+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:22:31+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/1373b53d-e073-4a9b-8eda-9d2a213cf9c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).