republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2025/sb-39.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education Testing Amendments"
description: "Education Testing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "Utah SB 39 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "K-12 Education", "Student Assessment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, John D."]
version_count: 17
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-20T22:34:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T01:24:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/104bb4b4-be85-4a23-9fc5-073e1ff79c23"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0039.html"
source_hash: "8710e5aa587518a0fc9ddca4019dbcec0512fe5b7dd0b77eaa7444c7c76b5ec6"
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 39 (2025) — Education Testing 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/2025/bills/introduced/SB0039.xml)
2. **Amended 1/23/2025 09:01:665** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0039_2025-01-23_09-56-51.pdf)
3. **Amended 3/3/2025 12:03:02** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0039_2025-03-03_12-58-13.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 1/23/2025 09:01:665** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_SB0039_2025-01-23_09-56-51.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 3/3/2025 12:03:02** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_SB0039_2025-03-03_12-58-13.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP SB0039 To SB0039S01.pdf)
7. **House Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0039.Hamd.3.pdf)
8. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB039H10.pdf)
9. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB039H10.pdf)
10. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB039H20.pdf)
11. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0039.Samd.1.pdf)
12. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0039.Samd.2.pdf)
13. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB039S10.pdf)
14. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB039S10.pdf)
15. **Senate Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB039S20.pdf)
16. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0039S01.xml)
17. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0039.xml)

## Sponsors

- Johnson, John D. — primary (person)
- Pierucci, Candice B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-20T22:34:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-12-20T22:34:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-02T17:01:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-20T20:56:00+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T18:14:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-21T18:40:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22T21:55:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-01-22T22:01:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-23T18:23:00+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-23T18:23:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-01-27T18:20:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-01-27T18:23:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28T18:26:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-01-28T18:26:00+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2025-02-24T23:54:00+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2025-02-24T23:55:00+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2025-02-25T18:19:00+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2025-02-25T18:21:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-25T18:21:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-02-26T19:38:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-02-26T21:19:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-27T18:16:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-01T01:13:00+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-01T01:14:00+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-01T01:15:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T17:49:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-03T17:49:00+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2025-03-05T01:56:00+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T01:56:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-05T01:56:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-03-05T03:43:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-03-05T03:47:00+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2025-03-05T03:49:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-03-05T03:49:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-05T16:42:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-05T16:42:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2025-03-05T17:09:00+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-05T17:09:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-05T20:15:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-05T20:15:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-05T20:15:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-06T02:44:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T02:44:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-06T03:06:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2025-03-06T03:06:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-13T22:08:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-13T22:08:00+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-17T14:48:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-17T14:48:00+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T01:24:00+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/104bb4b4-be85-4a23-9fc5-073e1ff79c23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).