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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Innovation"
description: "Higher Education Innovation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 373"
citation: "Utah HB 373 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Governance", "Higher Education", "School Finance", "Utah Board of Higher Education", "Utah System of Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Karen M."]
version_count: 9
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-26T17:16:21+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:19:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a612136-b604-4872-8d19-17f8aa0d3441"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0373.html"
source_hash: "432dea556966c73ed944383178630b15e1b32d2c20789aad9aec866eca226a05"
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 373 (2026) — Higher Education Innovation
## 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/HB0373.xml)
2. **Amended 2/13/2026 10:02:704** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0373S01_2026-02-13_10-18-09.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/13/2026 10:02:704** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0373S01_2026-02-13_10-18-09.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0373 To HB0373S01.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0373S01 To HB0373S02.pdf)
6. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0373S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
7. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0373S01.xml)
8. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0373S02.xml)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0373.xml)
## Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **661** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **281** (pass) · upper
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **645** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Peterson, Karen M. — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-26T17:16:21+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-26T17:16:21+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-26T17:16:24+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0373
- **2026-01-26T17:16:24+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0373
- **2026-01-26T17:26:55+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-26T18:22:59+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-29T12:09:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0373
- **2026-02-02T15:52:51+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0373S01
- **2026-02-02T15:52:51+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0373S01
- **2026-02-04T23:20:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0373S01
- **2026-02-04T23:24:08+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0373S01
- **2026-02-10T18:25:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-02-10T19:10:49+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T21:50:05+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-12T21:51:40+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T17:18:36+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-13T17:18:37+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T22:30:33+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20T22:39:39+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-20T22:39:41+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-21T00:56:22+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T17:16:37+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-24T21:12:35+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T23:16:35+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T17:20:33+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T17:20:34+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03T20:41:33+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0373S02
- **2026-03-03T20:41:33+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0373S02
- **2026-03-04T00:43:40+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0373S02
- **2026-03-04T00:51:40+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0373S02
- **2026-03-05T00:03:05+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T02:35:54+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T03:15:27+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T03:16:02+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-03-05T03:19:13+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T03:19:14+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-05T17:12:37+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T17:12:38+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T18:59:01+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T18:59:02+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T22:22:29+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T22:22:30+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:22:31+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T00:10:52+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T00:10:53+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:16:04+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T21:16:09+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T18:43:18+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T18:43:22+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:20:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:20:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:19:00+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/8a612136-b604-4872-8d19-17f8aa0d3441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).