---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carson Smith Opportunity Scholarship Program Amendments"
description: "Carson Smith Opportunity Scholarship Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Utah SB 54 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Revenue and Taxation", "Special Education", "State Tax Commission", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 60
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-29T21:47:09+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:14:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bdaa582-35bb-47b7-99ab-2c8683c2e140"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0054.html"
source_hash: "ba4bc0ae51d38732e028f71c6f67d36f0f47c324a048769528c006094e2a8b54"
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 54 (2026) — Carson Smith Opportunity Scholarship Program 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/SB0054.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0054 To SB0054S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0054S01 To SB0054S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0054S02 To SB0054S03.pdf)
5. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0054S01.xml)
6. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0054S02.xml)
7. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0054S03.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0054.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **67–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **20–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- Walter, R. Neil — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-29T21:47:09+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-29T21:47:09+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-29T21:47:10+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0054
- **2025-12-29T21:47:10+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0054
- **2026-01-07T17:08:32+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T11:56:03+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0054
- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:54:39+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0054
- **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`
- **2026-02-03T23:03:45+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T18:18:36+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T18:18:37+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-20T21:17:29+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T21:17:48+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-20T23:42:06+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-20T23:44:37+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23T18:23:19+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T18:26:59+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T18:27:00+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`
- **2026-02-26T16:44:58+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
- **2026-02-27T22:38:54+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0054S01
- **2026-02-27T22:38:54+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0054S01
- **2026-02-27T23:52:54+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0054S02
- **2026-02-27T23:52:54+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0054S02
- **2026-03-03T17:16:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0054S01
- **2026-03-03T17:19:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0054S02
- **2026-03-03T19:32:18+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0054S01
- **2026-03-03T19:32:29+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0054S02
- **2026-03-04T22:27:57+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0054S03
- **2026-03-04T22:27:57+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0054S03
- **2026-03-05T02:39:47+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0054S03
- **2026-03-05T05:28:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0054S03
- **2026-03-05T22:30:56+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-05T22:31:20+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-03-05T22:40:33+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-03-05T22:41:42+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-03-05T22:52:16+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:52:18+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T16:29:59+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T16:30:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T16:41:53+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-06T16:41:54+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`
- **2026-03-10T15:44:36+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T15:44:37+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T17:07:32+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T17:07:40+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T15:18:29+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T15:18:31+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:14:20+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/9bdaa582-35bb-47b7-99ab-2c8683c2e140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).