---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter School Modifications"
description: "Charter School Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Utah SB 186 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter Schools", "Education", "K-12 Education", "School Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Balderree, Heidi"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 54
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-22T21:17:44+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:23:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b314c41-4047-41a2-a81c-60b559b3b36c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0186.html"
source_hash: "78abbeccb625ffe5310fedb7b17bc98a6b42136803cc2b4ebcc767ba16f4e6af"
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 186 (2026) — Charter School Modifications

## 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/SB0186.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0186 To SB0186S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0186S01 To SB0186S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0186S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0186S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0186.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **15–10** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **18–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **17–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Balderree, Heidi — primary (person)
- Pierucci, Candice B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22T21:17:44+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-22T21:17:44+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-22T21:17:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0186
- **2026-01-22T21:17:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0186
- **2026-01-23T15:04:47+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T18:19:06+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-27T18:08:45+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T12:46:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0186
- **2026-01-28T23:24:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0186
- **2026-01-29T17:05:31+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-29T21:48:59+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30T18:35:34+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30T18:35:35+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-17T21:43:29+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-17T21:50:44+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18T17:34:49+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-18T17:37:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-18T17:37:01+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-18T19:11:59+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T21:05:35+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-23T18:02:47+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T16:19:47+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T21:37:15+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T21:37:17+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-03T18:57:01+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0186S01
- **2026-03-03T18:57:01+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0186S01
- **2026-03-04T02:40:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0186S01
- **2026-03-04T17:06:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0186S01
- **2026-03-04T18:34:33+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T18:34:35+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T20:55:47+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0186S02
- **2026-03-04T20:55:47+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0186S02
- **2026-03-04T22:29:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0186S02
- **2026-03-04T22:46:14+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0186S02
- **2026-03-04T23:06:06+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04T23:07:20+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-03-04T23:12:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-04T23:12:02+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T01:21:46+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T01:21:47+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T16:32:41+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T16:32:42+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`
- **2026-03-06T23:08:36+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T23:08:38+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T22:53:06+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T22:53:10+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`
- **2026-03-19T23:23:12+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/6b314c41-4047-41a2-a81c-60b559b3b36c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).