republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/sb-240.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	Higher Education Institutional Governance	Higher Education Institutional Governance	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2026	SB 240	Utah SB 240 (2026)	bill	Attorney General Colleges and Universities Constitutional Officers Education Governance Government Operations (State Issues) Higher Education Higher Education Students Technical Colleges Utah Board of Higher Education Utah System of Higher Education	enacted	Wilson, Chris H.	7	47	3	2026-02-03T19:53:15+00:00	2026-03-19T23:25:55+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9fe9eddc-4b79-40a6-94f2-7085239d287d	https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0240.html	217b2a5d19ad698edd0fab14930d365509458b2e80f256681b5f58a781a4c79d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ut

Utah SB 240 (2026) — Higher Education Institutional Governance

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amended 2/23/2026 12:02:574 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amended Excerpts 2/23/2026 12:02:574 (committee substitute) — source
4. Comparison to Original Bill (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0240 To SB0240S01.pdf)
5. Senate Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Substitute #1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• House/ passed 3rd reading — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate/ passed 2nd reading — 25–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate/ passed 3rd reading — 21–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wilson, Chris H. — primary (person)
• Snider, Casey — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-03T19:53:15+00:00 Bill Numbered but not Distributed
• 2026-02-03T19:53:15+00:00 Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
• 2026-02-03T19:53:16+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0240
• 2026-02-03T19:53:16+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0240
• 2026-02-03T20:48:01+00:00 Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research receipt
• 2026-02-03T21:22:55+00:00 Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-02-04T21:14:21+00:00 Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-02-05T13:21:16+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0240
• 2026-02-05T15:57:12+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0240
• 2026-02-05T17:07:33+00:00 Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst receipt
• 2026-02-06T20:01:48+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0240S01
• 2026-02-06T20:01:48+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0240S01
• 2026-02-06T23:03:11+00:00 Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Education Committee]
• 2026-02-06T23:31:17+00:00 Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-09T16:03:25+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0240S01
• 2026-02-09T17:45:48+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0240S01
• 2026-02-09T18:14:17+00:00 Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Education Committee]
• 2026-02-09T18:14:18+00:00 Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2026-02-21T00:22:51+00:00 Senate/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-21T00:23:16+00:00 Senate/ circled
• 2026-02-23T18:57:19+00:00 Senate/ uncircled
• 2026-02-23T18:58:06+00:00 Senate/ floor amendment
• 2026-02-23T19:02:07+00:00 Senate/ passed 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-02-24T17:25:25+00:00 Senate/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-24T17:27:42+00:00 Senate/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-24T17:27:43+00:00 Senate/ to House
• 2026-02-24T19:12:17+00:00 House/ received from Senate receipt
• 2026-02-24T21:16:51+00:00 House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-02-25T18:59:43+00:00 House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-02-28T00:20:07+00:00 House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-02T17:27:53+00:00 House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-02T17:27:55+00:00 House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
• 2026-03-04T03:02:14+00:00 House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
• 2026-03-04T03:02:17+00:00 House/ 2nd reading
• 2026-03-04T17:30:04+00:00 House/ 3rd reading
• 2026-03-04T17:32:33+00:00 House/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-03-04T17:32:34+00:00 House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate passage
• 2026-03-04T17:32:35+00:00 House/ to Senate
• 2026-03-05T00:22:24+00:00 Senate/ received from House receipt
• 2026-03-05T00:22:25+00:00 Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling passage
• 2026-03-06T15:27:21+00:00 Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
• 2026-03-06T15:27:22+00:00 Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
• 2026-03-11T15:08:25+00:00 Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate enrolled
• 2026-03-11T15:08:30+00:00 Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
• 2026-03-13T16:36:03+00:00 Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing receipt
• 2026-03-13T16:36:05+00:00 Senate/ to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-19T23:25:55+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9fe9eddc-4b79-40a6-94f2-7085239d287d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).