---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 21 Education Amendments"
description: "S.B. 21 Education Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 21"
citation: "Utah S.B. 21 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riebe, Kathleen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe69a818-e295-4f22-8a76-814a83913c36"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0021.html"
source_hash: "e94497d2cf428bd73fcf6ed9d4142e627fc0cd260bcaa580f9fe5ea1e46876d8"
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. 21 (2020) — S.B. 21 Education 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/~2020/bills/sbillint/SB0021S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0021.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Riebe, Kathleen — primary (person)
- Stoddard, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-27** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-03** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-03** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-12** to House
- **2020-02-12** received from Senate
- **2020-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-27** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-02-27** to Senate
- **2020-02-27** received from House
- **2020-02-27** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-27** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-02-27** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-28** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-28** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** 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/fe69a818-e295-4f22-8a76-814a83913c36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).