---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Consent Amendments"
description: "Student Consent Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 296"
citation: "Utah SB 296 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Higher Education", "Higher Education Students", "K-12 Education", "State Board of Education", "Student Privacy", "Utah Board of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullimore, Kirk A."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-16T20:15:05+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:27:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d050933-bcef-4af0-9983-9f6dbd6efa34"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0296.html"
source_hash: "781f6ff1d6c1e57ab07f53306eec01bc4d5d6ec4875d901b7f85bb621640cb18"
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 296 (2026) — Student Consent 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/SB0296.xml)
2. **Amended 3/6/2026 17:03:910** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0296S01_2026-03-06_17-04-30.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 3/6/2026 17:03:910** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0296S01_2026-03-06_17-04-30.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0296 To SB0296S01.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0296S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
6. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0296S01.Hamd.2.pdf)
7. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0296S01.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0296.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cullimore, Kirk A. — primary (person)
- Gricius, Stephanie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16T20:15:05+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-16T20:15:05+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-16T20:15:08+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0296
- **2026-02-16T20:15:08+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0296
- **2026-02-17T15:56:45+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T17:41:19+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-18T13:21:56+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0296
- **2026-02-18T21:28:14+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T19:38:00+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0296
- **2026-02-19T20:35:56+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T16:27:13+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23T21:36:32+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23T21:36:33+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-27T22:09:56+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-27T22:10:09+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-02T19:49:19+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0296S01
- **2026-03-02T19:49:19+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0296S01
- **2026-03-02T22:30:32+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-02T22:31:41+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-03-02T22:35:09+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02T23:52:38+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0296S01
- **2026-03-03T15:23:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0296S01
- **2026-03-03T18:11:37+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03T18:15:24+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-03T18:15:25+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-03T20:22:57+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T01:39:15+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-04T03:11:58+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T21:51:18+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:26:40+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:26:41+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05T01:36:53+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-06T01:41:39+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T23:49:25+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T23:50:38+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-06T23:52:09+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T23:52:11+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T03:14:53+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:14:54+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-07T03:29:08+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T03:29:09+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T04:00:49+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T04:00:50+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-07T04:00:51+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-10T15:12:55+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-10T15:12:57+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T20:32:50+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T20:32:52+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T21:37:44+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T21:37:46+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T17:11:51+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T17:11:53+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:27:59+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/1d050933-bcef-4af0-9983-9f6dbd6efa34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).