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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Student Belief Accommodation"
description: "Higher Education Student Belief Accommodation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 204"
citation: "Utah HB 204 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Higher Education", "Higher Education Students", "Technical Colleges", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petersen, Michael J."]
version_count: 14
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08T23:29:32+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:04:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c15e532-3153-4ab5-a7c9-2c55f20fba88"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0204.html"
source_hash: "caed3420cc6d5356b0af3bbf982852faf4629d8ef91a4c898c61e16ba776016c"
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 204 (2026) — Higher Education Student Belief Accommodation
## 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/HB0204.xml)
2. **Amended 2/17/2026 11:02:889** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0204S01_2026-02-17_11-58-55.pdf)
3. **Amended 2/26/2026 09:02:431** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0204S01_2026-02-26_09-47-20.pdf)
4. **Amended 3/6/2026 15:03:279** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0204S01_2026-03-06_15-40-13.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 2/17/2026 11:02:889** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0204S01_2026-02-17_11-58-55.pdf)
6. **Amended Excerpts 2/26/2026 09:02:431** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0204S01_2026-02-26_09-47-20.pdf)
7. **Amended Excerpts 3/6/2026 15:03:279** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0204S01_2026-03-06_15-40-13.pdf)
8. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0204 To HB0204S01.pdf)
9. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0204S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
10. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0204S01.Hamd.2.pdf)
11. **House Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0204S01.Hamd.3.pdf)
12. **Senate Amendment 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0204S01.Samd.4.pdf)
13. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0204S01.xml)
14. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0204.xml)
## Votes
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **175** (pass) · upper
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **5714** (pass) · lower
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **5414** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Petersen, Michael J. — primary (person)
- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-08T23:29:32+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-08T23:29:32+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-08T23:29:35+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0204
- **2026-01-08T23:29:35+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0204
- **2026-01-14T21:04:30+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T19:19:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0204
- **2026-01-16T19:19:11+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0204
- **2026-01-20T16:23:39+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-23T19:12:37+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T17:12:49+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0204S01
- **2026-02-04T17:12:49+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0204S01
- **2026-02-04T23:28:01+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-04T23:30:47+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05T18:15:23+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Education Committee]
- **2026-02-05T18:15:24+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-05T23:59:42+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0204S01
- **2026-02-05T23:59:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0204S01
- **2026-02-17T18:21:27+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17T18:22:52+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-17T18:35:13+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-17T18:35:15+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-17T19:09:28+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T21:28:42+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-19T21:58:28+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T00:58:24+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-26T01:33:30+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T17:24:41+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Education Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-26T17:24:42+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:05+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
- **2026-03-06T22:23:20+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T22:31:28+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-06T22:34:22+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T22:34:23+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-07T03:21:05+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:21:06+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-07T03:29:21+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T03:29:22+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-10T16:20:21+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-10T16:20:22+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-10T16:20:23+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-11T19:19:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:19:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-11T21:47:36+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-11T21:47:37+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T15:45:13+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T15:45:17+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T21:12:21+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T21:12:23+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:04:00+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/1c15e532-3153-4ab5-a7c9-2c55f20fba88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).