---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educator License Amendments"
description: "Educator License Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 312"
citation: "Utah SB 312 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "School Personnel", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, John D."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-19T19:26:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-26T19:49:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86af5a96-1106-4a22-800e-7f94a5f9fd24"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0312.html"
source_hash: "374d8bd0b44a7a167f66b842f27c7f56d2d8f933009c1fcef746d5f235c582c6"
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 312 (2026) — Educator License 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/SB0312.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0312 To SB0312S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0312S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0312.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **15–14** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **45–22** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **16–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson, John D. — primary (person)
- Welton, Doug — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19T19:26:03+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-19T19:26:03+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-19T19:26:06+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0312
- **2026-02-19T19:26:06+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0312
- **2026-02-19T20:37:34+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T21:37:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-20T23:09:33+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T15:04:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0312
- **2026-02-25T17:12:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0312
- **2026-02-25T18:44:39+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T00:01:44+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T17:24:40+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T17:24:41+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-02T18:40:28+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-02T18:50:51+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03T17:41:23+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03T17:46:09+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-03T17:46:10+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)
- **2026-03-04T03:11:58+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T21:12:19+00:00** House Comm - Held [House Education Committee]
- **2026-03-04T22:00:26+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0312S01
- **2026-03-04T22:00:26+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0312S01
- **2026-03-04T22:07:43+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Education Committee]
- **2026-03-04T22:09:32+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:27:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Education Committee]
- **2026-03-05T00:27:02+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-05T00:30:43+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:30:44+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05T00:34:28+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0312S01
- **2026-03-05T00:45:21+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-05T00:46:06+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-03-05T17:07:54+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0312S01
- **2026-03-05T17:46:31+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-03-05T17:57:56+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-05T17:57:58+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T18:13:48+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T18:13:49+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T18:56:29+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T18:56:30+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T19:24:05+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T19:24:06+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-05T19:24:07+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`
- **2026-03-06T22:49:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T22:49:04+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-10T15:50:39+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10T15:50:46+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T17:03:01+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T17:03:03+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26T19:49:59+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/86af5a96-1106-4a22-800e-7f94a5f9fd24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).