---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Safety Modifications"
description: "School Safety Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "Utah SB 51 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "Public Education Data and Reporting", "State Board of Education", "Student Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Derrin R."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-29T19:17:22+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:12:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70c1087b-cadb-4b6e-8649-8b676f68525f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0051.html"
source_hash: "e38f99dccbeb61d4df817d372aa7fe31eb5cc228a5a9c93b9e0c0a6878fb9906"
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 51 (2026) — School Safety Modifications

## 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/SB0051.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0051 To SB0051S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0051S01 To SB0051S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0051S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0051S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0051.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **65–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens, Derrin R. — primary (person)
- Wilcox, Ryan D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-29T19:17:22+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-29T19:17:22+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-29T19:17:24+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0051
- **2025-12-29T19:17:24+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0051
- **2026-01-07T17:08:32+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T23:00:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0051
- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T19:18:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0051
- **2026-01-20T21:43:32+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:08:33+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T00:16:24+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0051S01
- **2026-01-21T00:16:24+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0051S01
- **2026-01-21T21:22:28+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-01-21T21:33:58+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22T18:12:04+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-01-22T18:12:05+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-22T18:54:25+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-22T18:54:43+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-01-22T19:51:03+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0051S01
- **2026-01-23T16:56:56+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0051S01
- **2026-01-27T18:35:17+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-01-27T18:39:01+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28T18:47:32+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-28T18:47:57+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-01-28T18:56:59+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0051S02
- **2026-01-28T18:56:59+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0051S02
- **2026-01-29T18:51:13+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-01-29T18:52:34+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-01-29T18:54:13+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-29T18:54:14+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-01-29T19:03:25+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-30T18:20:11+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-30T19:42:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0051S02
- **2026-02-02T21:42:58+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0051S02
- **2026-02-05T18:59:46+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T15:31:29+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:22:44+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:22:45+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T17:55:39+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T17:59:54+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:59:55+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:59:56+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-19T21:29:30+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T21:29:31+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-23T19:07:51+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-23T19:07:55+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-23T21:53:29+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-23T21:53:31+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T22:36:12+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T22:36:14+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:12:28+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/70c1087b-cadb-4b6e-8649-8b676f68525f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).