---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dual Language Immersion Amendments"
description: "Dual Language Immersion Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "Utah SB 77 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Concurrent Enrollment", "Education", "Higher Education", "K-12 Education", "Standards and Curriculum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCay, Daniel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05T19:49:15+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:17:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7dd1c3a-17a1-4c8f-9f58-9d07cb5c5ccb"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0077.html"
source_hash: "a658534ee979ee6ba9499a7026e2b892464b228d3dad34156238c4831b0e16cd"
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 77 (2026) — Dual Language Immersion 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/SB0077.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0077 To SB0077S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0077S01 To SB0077S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0077S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0077S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0077.xml)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- McCay, Daniel — primary (person)
- Pierucci, Candice B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05T19:49:15+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-05T19:49:15+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-05T19:49:20+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0077
- **2026-01-05T19:49:20+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0077
- **2026-01-07T17:09:34+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T23:02:23+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0077
- **2026-01-20T18:07:25+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T22:08:33+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T19:37:48+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0077
- **2026-01-23T15:10:42+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T16:36:20+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0077S01
- **2026-01-26T16:36:20+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0077S01
- **2026-01-26T23:38:27+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-01-26T23:39:13+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:29+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-01-27T18:15:30+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-28T19:43:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0077S01
- **2026-02-03T15:41:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0077S01
- **2026-02-09T18:26:03+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09T18:28:34+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10T18:18:29+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T18:19:02+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-10T20:16:48+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0077S02
- **2026-02-10T20:16:48+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0077S02
- **2026-02-11T18:30:29+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-11T18:31:15+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-11T18:32:49+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-12T01:14:02+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0077S02
- **2026-02-12T01:14:03+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0077S02
- **2026-02-13T17:34:18+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-13T17:37:24+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-13T17:37:25+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-13T20:26:25+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T17:17:59+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-18T18:57:35+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** House Comm - Not Considered [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-25T00:31:31+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T17:10:53+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T17:10:54+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-26T18:40:46+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T18:51:42+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-26T18:51:43+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-26T18:51:44+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-26T21:20:45+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T21:20:46+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-02T16:26:33+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-02T16:26:36+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-06T17:54:56+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06T17:54:59+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T16:58:18+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T16:58:20+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:17:36+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/d7dd1c3a-17a1-4c8f-9f58-9d07cb5c5ccb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).