---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Finance Amendments"
description: "School Finance Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "Utah SB 62 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "School Districts", "School Finance", "Special Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 66
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-30T23:27:22+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:15:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16be212c-be52-4333-acd4-2858b67bb362"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0062.html"
source_hash: "bfd63b95f12a7ece284828b6ebd9771654dc5def3f050a235608be8fac8c6a9f"
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 62 (2026) — School Finance 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/SB0062.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0062 To SB0062S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0062S01 To SB0062S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0062S02 To SB0062S03.pdf)
5. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0062S01.xml)
6. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0062S02.xml)
7. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0062S03.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0062.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **65–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **17–12** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- MacPherson, Matt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-30T23:27:22+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-30T23:27:22+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-30T23:27:28+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0062
- **2025-12-30T23:27:28+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0062
- **2026-01-05T21:53:50+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0062
- **2026-01-07T17:08:32+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-07T22:05:27+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0062
- **2026-01-12T17:02:24+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T22:08:33+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T21:00:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Not Considered [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-01-26T21:33:20+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:28+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:29+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-28T15:27:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0062S01
- **2026-01-28T15:27:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0062S01
- **2026-01-30T12:24:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0062S01
- **2026-01-30T21:51:13+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0062S01
- **2026-02-09T18:25:48+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09T18:25:59+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-11T22:43:05+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0062S02
- **2026-02-11T22:43:05+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0062S02
- **2026-02-13T01:14:32+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0062S02
- **2026-02-13T18:30:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0062S02
- **2026-02-13T19:56:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0062S02
- **2026-02-17T22:32:57+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-17T22:35:32+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-17T22:42:32+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18T18:11:38+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-18T18:11:53+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-24T00:17:21+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-24T00:25:06+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-24T00:25:07+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-24T15:13:44+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T17:16:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-27T19:41:09+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0062S03
- **2026-02-27T19:41:09+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0062S03
- **2026-02-27T22:40:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-02-27T23:27:27+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T10:50:21+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0062S03
- **2026-03-02T10:50:22+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0062S03
- **2026-03-03T22:38:28+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T02:28:10+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T02:28:11+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T02:57:36+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-05T19:31:56+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T17:58:13+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T18:00:43+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T18:01:15+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T22:00:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T22:00:42+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T22:01:19+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T22:13:05+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-06T22:13:06+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T23:01:28+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T23:01:29+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-06T23:01:30+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T03:59:01+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:59:02+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T14:48:57+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T14:49:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T23:15:21+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T23:15:23+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`
- **2026-03-19T23:15:50+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/16be212c-be52-4333-acd4-2858b67bb362`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).