---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Institutional Governance"
description: "Higher Education Institutional Governance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Utah SB 240 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Colleges and Universities", "Constitutional Officers", "Education", "Governance", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Higher Education", "Higher Education Students", "Technical Colleges", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson, Chris H."]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-03T19:53:15+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:25:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fe9eddc-4b79-40a6-94f2-7085239d287d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0240.html"
source_hash: "217b2a5d19ad698edd0fab14930d365509458b2e80f256681b5f58a781a4c79d"
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 240 (2026) — Higher Education Institutional Governance

## 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/SB0240.xml)
2. **Amended 2/23/2026 12:02:574** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0240S01_2026-02-23_12-04-37.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/23/2026 12:02:574** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0240S01_2026-02-23_12-04-37.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0240 To SB0240S01.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0240S01.Samd.1.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0240S01.xml)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0240.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **21–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson, Chris H. — primary (person)
- Snider, Casey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03T19:53:15+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-03T19:53:15+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-03T19:53:16+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0240
- **2026-02-03T19:53:16+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0240
- **2026-02-03T20:48:01+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-03T21:22:55+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-04T21:14:21+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T13:21:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0240
- **2026-02-05T15:57:12+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0240
- **2026-02-05T17:07:33+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-06T20:01:48+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0240S01
- **2026-02-06T20:01:48+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0240S01
- **2026-02-06T23:03:11+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-02-06T23:31:17+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09T16:03:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0240S01
- **2026-02-09T17:45:48+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0240S01
- **2026-02-09T18:14:17+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-02-09T18:14:18+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-21T00:22:51+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-21T00:23:16+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-23T18:57:19+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-23T18:58:06+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-23T19:02:07+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24T17:25:25+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24T17:27:42+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-24T17:27:43+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-24T19:12:17+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T21:16:51+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T18:59:43+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-28T00:20:07+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]
- **2026-03-04T03:02:14+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T03:02:17+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T17:30:04+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04T17:32:33+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-04T17:32:34+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-04T17:32:35+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T00:22:24+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T00:22:25+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T15:27:21+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T15:27:22+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T15:08:25+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T15:08:30+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T16:36:03+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T16:36:05+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:25:55+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/9fe9eddc-4b79-40a6-94f2-7085239d287d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).