---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education Board Amendments"
description: "Education Board Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 129"
citation: "Utah HB 129 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "State Board of Education", "Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurston, Norman K"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-02T23:15:45+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T21:09:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a57dcaea-5e6b-4568-ba87-16c2615ee8e0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0129.html"
source_hash: "14035db8252b0125d8d16a35bf942e900197f2b2308fe6184d7b961b2bf22b94"
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 HB 129 (2026) — Education Board 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/HB0129.xml)
2. **Amended 3/3/2026 08:03:37** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0129S01_2026-03-03_08-56-54.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 3/3/2026 08:03:37** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0129S01_2026-03-03_08-56-54.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0129 To HB0129S01.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0129S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0129S01.xml)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0129.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **59–3** (pass) · lower
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **53–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thurston, Norman K — primary (person)
- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-02T23:15:45+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-02T23:15:45+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-02T23:15:48+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0129
- **2026-01-02T23:15:48+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0129
- **2026-01-14T20:52:05+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T12:11:56+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0129
- **2026-01-16T12:11:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0129
- **2026-01-20T16:17:03+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-05T18:59:32+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T22:59:42+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0129S01
- **2026-02-10T22:59:42+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0129S01
- **2026-02-12T15:34:38+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0129S01
- **2026-02-12T15:34:40+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0129S01
- **2026-02-17T15:06:42+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-17T15:07:10+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:18:01+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-17T21:18:02+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-23T21:51:44+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T22:03:26+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T22:03:28+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-23T23:48:04+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T17:16:47+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T21:16:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T00:08:23+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-03T00:10:46+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T16:33:03+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-03T16:33:04+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T03:08:53+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T21:22:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T21:24:47+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T21:24:48+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-06T23:55:08+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T23:55:09+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-07T00:42:45+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T00:42:46+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T03:47:37+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:47:38+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-07T03:47:39+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T07:16:35+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T07:16:36+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T19:12:35+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T19:12:38+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T23:28:45+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T23:28:48+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T20:59:05+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T20:59:07+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T21:09:07+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/a57dcaea-5e6b-4568-ba87-16c2615ee8e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).