---
type: "Bill"
title: "Online Education Service Provider Amendments"
description: "Online Education Service Provider Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 426"
citation: "Utah HB 426 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Local Education Agencies (LEAs)", "Online Learning and/or Technology", "School Personnel", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter, R. Neil"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-29T19:14:34+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T22:19:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14344ed1-07e3-4cbb-9546-28577a7d6169"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0426.html"
source_hash: "fd2813de14bf791a531763a00c7e15cb410c1241308397a3b17ed0ba0329db81"
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 426 (2026) — Online Education Service Provider 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/HB0426.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0426 To HB0426S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0426S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0426.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **65–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walter, R. Neil — primary (person)
- Johnson, John D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29T19:14:34+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-29T19:14:34+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-29T19:14:40+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0426
- **2026-01-29T19:14:40+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0426
- **2026-01-30T14:56:56+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-30T18:52:08+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-03T14:41:08+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0426
- **2026-02-03T16:09:38+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0426
- **2026-02-03T16:58:10+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-05T18:59:32+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T21:02:24+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0426S01
- **2026-02-10T21:02:24+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0426S01
- **2026-02-11T21:54:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0426S01
- **2026-02-12T05:07:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0426S01
- **2026-02-17T15:00:00+00:00** House Comm - Not Considered [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-18T23:45:48+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-18T23:46:20+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T17:27:03+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-19T17:27:04+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-24T21:36:19+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24T21:43:26+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-24T21:43:28+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-24T23:13:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T17:13:30+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-26T21:30:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T01:31:21+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T16:33:03+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2026-03-06T19:19:24+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T23:19:15+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T23:21:54+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T23:21:55+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T23:21:56+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T04:08:38+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T04:08:39+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T19:07:25+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T19:07:26+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T16:07:38+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T16:07:42+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T22:14:53+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T22:14:55+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T22:19:37+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/14344ed1-07e3-4cbb-9546-28577a7d6169`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).