---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Education Budget Amendments"
description: "Public Education Budget Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Utah SB 2 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Education", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "K-12 Education", "Public Budgeting", "Public Funds and Accounts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Balderree, Heidi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-02T20:33:48+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-26T19:41:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bcd89cd-1f53-411b-b08d-06c8b704cca8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0002.html"
source_hash: "caa3023594ed02f6c70e796e05731d7ed150380745b0519ba8ae575837f0535f"
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 2 (2026) — Public Education Budget 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/SB0002.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0002.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Balderree, Heidi — primary (person)
- Whyte, Stephen L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-02T20:33:48+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-03-02T20:33:48+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-03-02T20:33:51+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0002
- **2026-03-02T20:33:51+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0002
- **2026-03-02T20:52:33+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-03-02T22:04:06+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-02T22:04:08+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-02T22:07:29+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-02T22:08:04+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-03T11:12:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0002
- **2026-03-03T16:00:37+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0002
- **2026-03-03T16:50:35+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T17:07:08+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-03T17:26:50+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-03T17:26:51+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-03T18:13:48+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T01:39:15+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-04T03:04:11+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T03:04:12+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T16:01:18+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04T16:09:43+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-04T16:09:44+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-04T16:09:45+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T00:25:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T00:25:01+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T15:38:44+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T15:38:47+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T22:20:34+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T22:20:39+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T14:52:31+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T14:52:33+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26T19:41:56+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/2bcd89cd-1f53-411b-b08d-06c8b704cca8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).