---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Performance and Enrollment Funding"
description: "Higher Education Performance and Enrollment Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "Utah SB 216 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Higher Education", "Performance Funding", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Millner, Ann"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-28T20:26:35+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:24:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5d3ccec-ddb4-471a-8d06-36136f4675c0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0216.html"
source_hash: "cd26b5f3a0debebf0f208a3cc4c45b74e9600aaa5a1e795b61580b79693715ce"
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 216 (2026) — Higher Education Performance and Enrollment Funding

## 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/SB0216.xml)
2. **Amended 2/20/2026 17:02:810** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0216_2026-02-20_17-29-21.pdf)
3. **Amended 2/4/2026 11:02:230** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0216_2026-02-04_11-12-08.pdf)
4. **Amended 3/5/2026 17:03:147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0216_2026-03-05_17-48-10.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 2/20/2026 17:02:810** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0216_2026-02-20_17-29-21.pdf)
6. **Amended Excerpts 2/4/2026 11:02:230** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0216_2026-02-04_11-12-08.pdf)
7. **Amended Excerpts 3/5/2026 17:03:147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0216_2026-03-05_17-48-10.pdf)
8. **House Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0216.Hamd.3.pdf)
9. **House Amendment 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0216.Hamd.4.pdf)
10. **House Amendment 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0216.Hamd.5.pdf)
11. **House Amendment 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0216.Hamd.6.pdf)
12. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0216.Samd.1.pdf)
13. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0216.Samd.2.pdf)
14. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0216.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **61–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Millner, Ann — primary (person)
- Peterson, Karen M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28T20:26:35+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-28T20:26:35+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-28T20:26:37+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0216
- **2026-01-28T20:26:37+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0216
- **2026-01-29T15:59:51+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-29T18:48:34+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-29T23:51:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0216
- **2026-01-30T18:33:31+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T22:14:34+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0216
- **2026-02-03T23:16:10+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-03T23:32:08+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T18:18:37+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-04T18:18:38+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-20T21:18:20+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T21:18:34+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-20T23:31:08+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-20T23:32:27+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-20T23:34:37+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23T18:20:13+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T18:22:10+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T18:22:11+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-23T19:23:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T21:07:32+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-24T18:55:08+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T16:30:21+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`
- **2026-02-26T21:37:16+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05T22:31:23+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-05T22:37:42+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-05T22:40:09+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:40:11+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T16:30:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T16:30:01+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T16:54:00+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-06T16:54:01+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T17:31:07+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T17:31:08+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:31:09+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T21:08:24+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T21:08:25+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T16:57:51+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T16:57:52+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T23:03:32+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T23:03:36+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T16:14:37+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T16:14:39+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:24:29+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/e5d3ccec-ddb4-471a-8d06-36136f4675c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).