republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/hb-143.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Special Education Amendments	Special Education Amendments	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2026	HB 143	Utah HB 143 (2026)	bill	Education K-12 Education Local Education Agencies (LEAs) School Districts Special Education	enacted	Peterson, Karen M.	4	48	4	2026-01-05T20:23:10+00:00	2026-03-19T21:10:39+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a21a5137-9394-43fd-b56f-860801916f59	https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0143.html	88f37f726bb962b180d5de8642f17b07c1c53590c69e5e51fa44e24728baadca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ut

Utah HB 143 (2026) — Special Education Amendments

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Comparison to Original Bill (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0143 To HB0143S01.pdf)
3. Substitute #1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• House/ passed 3rd reading — 71–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate/ passed 2nd reading — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• House/ concurs with Senate amendment — 67–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate/ passed 3rd reading — 23–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Peterson, Karen M. — primary (person)
• Balderree, Heidi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-05T20:23:10+00:00 Bill Numbered but not Distributed
• 2026-01-05T20:23:10+00:00 Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
• 2026-01-05T20:23:13+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0143
• 2026-01-05T20:23:13+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0143
• 2026-01-14T20:54:54+00:00 House/ received bill from Legislative Research receipt
• 2026-01-16T12:35:07+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0143
• 2026-01-16T12:35:09+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0143
• 2026-01-20T16:17:04+00:00 House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst receipt
• 2026-01-20T22:38:23+00:00 House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-01-21T18:42:58+00:00 House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-01-22T21:40:25+00:00 House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-23T18:10:49+00:00 House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-23T18:10:50+00:00 House/ 2nd reading
• 2026-01-30T19:15:35+00:00 House/ 3rd reading
• 2026-01-30T19:20:21+00:00 House/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-01-30T19:20:23+00:00 House/ to Senate
• 2026-01-30T19:43:16+00:00 Senate/ received from House receipt
• 2026-02-02T18:14:00+00:00 Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-02-03T21:21:04+00:00 Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-02-13T21:29:30+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0143S01
• 2026-02-13T21:29:30+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0143S01
• 2026-02-13T22:22:48+00:00 Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Education Committee]
• 2026-02-13T22:27:41+00:00 Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-16T14:51:57+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0143S01
• 2026-02-16T14:51:58+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0143S01
• 2026-02-17T17:38:30+00:00 Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Education Committee]
• 2026-02-17T17:38:31+00:00 Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2026-02-19T18:32:13+00:00 Senate/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-19T18:34:44+00:00 Senate/ passed 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-02-20T17:42:29+00:00 Senate/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-20T17:44:29+00:00 Senate/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-20T17:44:30+00:00 Senate/ to House with amendments
• 2026-02-20T21:07:38+00:00 House/ received from Senate receipt
• 2026-02-20T21:07:39+00:00 House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
• 2026-02-23T17:36:25+00:00 House/ concurs with Senate amendment amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23T17:36:26+00:00 House/ to Senate
• 2026-02-23T21:38:28+00:00 Senate/ received from House receipt
• 2026-02-23T21:38:29+00:00 Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House passage
• 2026-02-23T21:38:30+00:00 Senate/ to House
• 2026-02-24T16:01:10+00:00 House/ received from Senate receipt
• 2026-02-24T16:01:11+00:00 House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling passage
• 2026-02-25T16:49:24+00:00 Bill Received from House for Enrolling
• 2026-02-25T16:49:26+00:00 Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
• 2026-03-07T08:42:02+00:00 Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate enrolled
• 2026-03-07T08:42:09+00:00 House/ enrolled bill to Printing
• 2026-03-12T17:09:30+00:00 House/ received enrolled bill from Printing receipt
• 2026-03-12T17:09:32+00:00 House/ to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-19T21:10:39+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a21a5137-9394-43fd-b56f-860801916f59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).