---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 115 High-need School Amendments"
description: "S.B. 115 High-need School Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 115"
citation: "Utah S.B. 115 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Public Education", "School Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riebe, Kathleen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebd3f3c3-fc7f-4e99-9d3a-fc458bb7ccdd"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0115.html"
source_hash: "34836b2e7d78e8269a73e6bda86361654d6cc293d8aa0f4925730e276655c008"
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 S.B. 115 (2019) — S.B. 115 High-need School Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0115S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0115.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Riebe, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Poulson, Marie H. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-07** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** circled
- **2019-02-21** uncircled
- **2019-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-22** to House
- **2019-02-22** received from Senate
- **2019-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2019-03-12** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-13** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-03-13** to Senate
- **2019-03-13** received from House
- **2019-03-13** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** 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/ebd3f3c3-fc7f-4e99-9d3a-fc458bb7ccdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).