S.B. 152 Public and Higher Education Collaboration

What this bill does

The bill would have the State Board of Education collect student information from local school districts and charter schools centrally and share it with the Utah System of Higher Education, instead of higher education negotiating separately with each one. Students could opt out, and higher education staff would receive training on accessing the K-12 data.

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Every vote

• 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Education Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Jan 26, 2026Who voted how
• 6 yes, 0 no, 1 absentSenate Education Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 26, 2026Who voted how
• 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 9, 2026
• 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 10, 2026
• 8 yes, 2 no, 5 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 17, 2026Who voted how
• 70 yes, 1 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · Mar 4, 2026Who voted how
• 22 yes, 0 no, 7 absentSenate vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 5, 2026

Hearings and debates

• Jan 26, 2026 Senate Education Committee▶ Watch
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  1. Committee chair2:53:34

     Not, I don't see him. I don't see him, but Senator Macl is. Okay. Senator Macl, go ahead. Okay. Surprised he didn't leap it. Go ahead. Thank you.

  2. Sen. Michael K. McKell2:53:51

     Okay. I might be late for another meeting. So is Senator Wilson and Senator Fillmore. But seated in my left is Angie Stallings. Uh, we, we share data back and forth, um, through higher ed with public ed, and it's, it's a memorandum of understanding with every single LEA. That's a really bad way to do it. What we wanna do is have a policy where we do it across the state. We have everybody knows and agrees to the policy. Um, when I first looked at the bill, I asked all sorts of questions. What about data privacy, federal privacy laws, state privacy laws? We've included all of them. Um, I'm gonna let Angie talk about the bill, talk about the opt out, if there's a parent that's concerned, and then there is a small amendment as well to this bill. But with that, Angie, it's all you. Thank you.

  3. Angie Stallings, Utah System of Higher Education2:54:33

     Uh, good afternoon, Committee member. Would you like us to move the amendment?

  4. Sen. Michael K. McKell2:54:36

     Um, yes, that'd be great. And Angie would love to explain the amendment You'd like to, uh, And, and I can, and I can make the motion.

  5. Sen. Michael K. McKell2:54:44

     Okay. I, I, I move that we adopt amendment number one in my name as a member of this committee. Okay.

  6. Committee chair2:54:49

     Thank you. The, the motion is to adopt amendment one. Uh, any discussion? That motion? All in favor, say aye.

  7. Unknown speaker2:55:00speaker not certain

     Aye.

  8. Committee chair2:55:05

     It is unanimous. Just A Second chair. Rules. That is unanimous. Hold on. I dunno if we have a Quorum. Okay. We're good. Do we need quorum? 'cause I can see, oh, we're good. Okay.

  9. Unknown speaker2:55:18speaker not certain

     Because I could see Senator Revy just dying to vote for the amendment.

  10. Sen. Michael K. McKell2:55:24

      Okay. With that, I'm gonna defer to Angie Stalins to, to explain this. And thank you a lot. A lot of work has been done, but we, we really wanted to make sure we addressed any and all concerns that we could think of.

  11. Angie Stallings, Utah System of Higher Education2:55:33

      Great. I'll keep this very brief since I know you all have a meeting and be available to answer any questions you have. But in general, this bill is intended to increase opportunities for secondary students in the concurrent enrollment program. First credential, um, admissions to help, um, to simplify admissions process and provide more access to information such as grants and financial aid. Just briefly, several years ago, the legislature requested that the State Board of Higher Education enact a direct admissions process. And that in we've, we have three phases of that that we've done. First, we eliminated application fees. Second, we did essentially what we call phase two of admit, Utah. That's available to all students statewide. And then phase three, that's currently only available to provost school district students. And we've been able to offer that to Provost school district through a data sharing agreement directly with Provo. Um, this bill would expand that phase three opportunity to all students across the state and would eliminate the need for our office to engage in somewhere between 40 and 80 individual data sharing agreements. Also, this, uh, this plan would also provide increased protections for student information and eliminate or reduce the fraud, uh, possibilities. As Senator McKell mentioned, there is an opt-out provision for all students to that and families could to opt out of this process. And also, there is a training requirement for all of our usi, um, higher education personnel who might have access to these data. And with that, um, it's also subject to all the FERPA state and, and local student data privacy laws. But I'll, I'll end there. And, uh, we Are open for questions.

  12. Committee chair2:57:12

      Back to the committee for questions. Any any questions from the committee? Seeing no lights, are there members of the public that wanna speak to this? Seeing none, I'm gonna come. Do you have a question? No. Okay. We'll come back to the Committee for action. Senator Riebe, go ahead.

  13. Sen. Riebe2:57:34

      Thank you. I would like us to, uh, send Senate Bill 1 52 public and higher education collaboration out with a favorable recommendation to the full Senate as as amended. Thank you.

  14. Committee chair2:57:46

      So the motion is to send out 1 52 SB 1 52, amend with as amended amendment one, public and higher education collaboration, uh, with a favorable recommendation. Any discussion to the motion? Seeing none, I'm gonna come back to, I'll waive. Waive. Okay. So the motion is to send out, uh, SB 1 52, uh, as amended public and higher education collaboration. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Chair rules? That is unanimous. Senator McKay.

• Feb 9, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Sen. Michael K. McKell32:52

     Uh, the purpose of this bill is for students to more easily and more time efficiently move, move some of their data back and forth for higher education opportunities. There's a lot of opportunities that students sometimes, sometimes miss. Um, right now what we've been, what we've had to do as a state is we've had to, to collaborate, do a memorandum of understanding with all of the LEAs. And this creates a statewide policy. Um, the good thing about the bill is we looked at all of the data privacy protections. We've, we've implemented all of, all of those standards that are in the code today, as well as an opt-out provision. But with this, it's gonna make it just much easier for our higher ed to collaborate with our students and make sure students are aware of opportunities. With that, I'm open for questions.

  2. President Adams (presiding)33:35

     Senator Kwan to the bill.

  3. Sen. Karen Kwan33:38

     Thank you Mr. President. Will the sponsor yield? Senator Mcal, will you yield? Yes. Senator Kwan. Thank you. Um, I'm wondering, uh, Mr. Uh, president, if the sponsor has taken in account that, uh, you she is looking at a new system for data, uh, sharing and if that is somewhere in this bill.

  4. Sen. Michael K. McKell33:58

     Senator Kel, Thank you. This, this bill is actually supported by yushi. This is, this is a, a, a bill that I've been working on directly with, with Yushi, so I'm not, I'm not, I don't know the specifics to, to the program you're referencing with yushi, but this is Bill is supported by yeshi.

  5. President Adams (presiding)34:14

     Senator Kwan, Follow up please, Mr. President.

  6. Sen. Karen Kwan34:17

     Go ahead. Thank you. Um, and I am supportive of that. I think that we do need, uh, uh, data sharing across the system and with other, uh, sorry, other divisions in the state. I think that only helps us, uh, to serve our students as they move on, uh, into the workforce. My concern is with the fiscal note, which appears to be a cost that's being borne by the, um, the LEAs and, uh, as the, uh, develops a new system or, or go moves into a new system, uh, hopefully this year or next year, that that cost might increase, uh, when we get a new, um, a new system there. And, uh, Mr. President, actually, I'd like to turn that into a question and ask the sponsor to, uh, if he has any comments on that.

  7. President Adams (presiding)35:11

     Go. Go ahead, Senator Mikel.

  8. Sen. Michael K. McKell35:12

     Yeah, thank you. As far as I know, at least my own local LEAs, they, they've been very supportive of this bill. I'm not aware of any opposition and, and, and their concerns, the LEAs concerns have always been, instead of doing an individual letter of a memorandum with each, with each LEA in higher ed, this simplifies the process in higher ed. This, this is designed to simplify workflow and designed to be more efficient. And, and I I could, I could be wrong, but I, I, I know the LEAs in my area are very supportive this of this legislation.

  9. President Adams (presiding)35:44

     Thank you for the ex Thank you. Follow up Penny. So thank you Senator Kwan looking for further discussion.

  10. President Adams (presiding)35:50

      Uh, thank you Senator Owens.

  11. Sen. Derrin R. Owens35:54

      Thank you. Thank you President. Mr. President, I just want to stand in support of this bill for a couple of reasons. One, uh, as we build out the school security system that, um, is now we have vendors who are will, will be, uh, running those, um, teacher, the badges, the, um, panic alert badges and our school safety team that this is all ready put in place. This, getting ahead of that and being able to appropriately share this information with higher ed becomes critical. And I think that, um, in all of the work and dollars that we've invested in the Youth Sims program, Utah School Information Management system, that, that might be able to loop this as well. So just, uh, support the bill and encourage support. Thank you.

  12. President Adams (presiding)36:48

      Senator Macl.

  13. Sen. Michael K. McKell36:50

      Thank you. I am just gonna waive summation and move that this bill be read for a third time. Thank

  14. President Adams (presiding)36:54

      You. And the question is, shall shall Senate bill 1 52 be read a third time roll call vote.

  15. Unknown speaker36:59speaker not certain

      Senator Vickers Baldy Aye. Lewin Aye. Brammer bus Comore Aye. Aye. Escamilla Fillmore Aye. Grover Aye. Harper Aye. Hankins Aye. Ipson Aye. Johnson Quan a McKay Aye. Mikel Aye. Milner Johnson Aye. Musman Aye. Owens Aye. Pitcher Plum rebe a Sandal Aye. Stevenson Aye. Stratton Aye. Bickers Aye. Weiler Aye. Wilson Aye. Winterton Aye.

  16. President Adams (presiding)37:42

      President Adams Aye. Senate Bill 1 52, having received 28 yay votes, zero nay votes, one being absent shall be read A third time

• Feb 10, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Presiding officer20:36

     Senator Mikel. Thank

  2. Sen. Michael K. McKell20:38

     You Mr. President. That, that's exactly what the bill does is it's, it's better collaboration between public and higher ed right now to do some data sharing, there has to be a memorandum of understanding among the higher ed and every LEA This simplifies the process. And then what we also do is we add all of the safeguards with privacy that are in place with opt-out provisions. Um, right now we've got really good opportunities for our high school kids, our middle school kids. And oftentimes those opportunities are not conveyed as, as easily as they should be. And what this bill simply does is an attempt to make it, make it easier and more timely access for those opportunities in higher ed. I think we've done a lot of really cool things to collaborate across the system. Um, I've got some kids in, in higher ed that are, that are looking at institutions. They get letters and all sorts of, um, requests from different institutions today. And, and I think that's really good. But with all the opportunities while they're still in school, we just, we just need to enhance that and that's what the bill does. And I'm open for questions.

  3. Presiding officer21:38

     Senator ml, there are no questions. I'm going back to you for a motion.

  4. Sen. Michael K. McKell21:42

     Thank you. I move this bill pass.

  5. Presiding officer21:44

     Thank you. And the question is, shall Senate Bill one fifty two pass Roll call vote.

  6. Unknown speaker21:48speaker not certain

     Senator Vickers Baldy Aye. Lein Aye. Brammer Aye. Bus cullimore. Ms. Camilla Aye. Bill Moore. Grover Aye. Harper Harper Kinins. Ipson Johnson. Quan Aye. McKay Mikel Aye. Milner Musselman Owens pitcher Plum Rebe Sandal Stevenson Stratton Vickers Weiler Wilson. Aye. Winterton President Adams Aye. Phil Fillmore. Senator Fillmore Aye.

  7. Presiding officer22:50

     Senate Bill 1 52. Having received 26 Shay votes, zero nay votes, three being absent passes this body and will be sent to the house for their consideration. Fel to mention earlier that Senator Millner is excused today.

  8. Presiding officer23:04

     Senate Bill 180 7 Senate bill 1 67 re reintegration for disciplined students. Senator McKay.

  9. Presiding officer23:14speaker not certain

     Thank you. Lemme call it again. Senate Bill one sixty seven. Thank you. Senator McKay. Hold it. Mic's on.

  10. Sen. Michael K. McKell23:23

      Okay. Thank you Mr. President. I'm gonna make a motion to circle. Uh, member of the minority party over in the house asked me if I would, uh, work on adding some language, uh, to, uh, at least a coordinating clause between our bills to make sure that they work well together. So, uh, I'm gonna work on making that, uh, amendment on this bill. So with that, I'll make a motion to circle.

  11. Presiding officer23:41

      Thank you. Motion to circle. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Rule? The motion passes. The bill is circled.

  12. Presiding officer23:48

      Senate Bill 55, Senate Bill 55 Placental Tissue Amendments. Senator Vickers. Senator Vickers.

  13. Sen. Evan J. Vickers23:56

      Thank you Mr. President. Um, a few years, a couple

• Feb 17, 2026 House Education Committee▶ Watch
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  1. Rep. Ariel Defay (presiding)2:20:28

     and Representative Peck? No. Okay. Thank you. We're gonna do one final bill if we can do it. Uh, I think that the sponsor's anxious to do this very quickly, so we're gonna turn the time to public to representative, sorry. Senator Mikel for SB 1 52 Public and Higher Education Collaboration.

  2. Sen. Michael K. McKell2:20:46

     Thank you. Thank you for hearing me. So right now we have 60 to 80 LEAs that currently do a memorandum of understanding MOU to get this, this information. Um, we, we want our kids to know what the opportunities are as they, as they go through middle school and high school. They know what concurrent enrollment opportunities are available, what college opportunities are available. So rather, rather than forcing every LEA to do an MOU with yushi, this bill simply allows, allows us to happen. We safeguard all of the privacy protections that exist in code today. We have strong optout provisions, but this is just a common sense approach just to make sure that these, these LEAs have an opportunity to provide, provide a list of opportunities to students without 'em open for questions.

  3. Rep. Ariel Defay (presiding)2:21:34

     Alright, we have a couple of questions and Representative Pucci is gonna take over Representative Peck.

  4. Rep. Nicholeen P. Peck2:21:40

     Thank you. Um, so in the bill, uh, on line 39 it says Student data and we're passing along student data. It referenced section 53 E 9 3 0 1, which basically defines that student data is all student data and that it's not aggregate data or de-identified data, which would mean in my understanding that we would be passing on behavioral data and all kinds of things. And, um, so I'm wondering why you feel like that the universities need all student data and, and not more, um, specified like just a transcript. And, and why can't, another question would be why can't the students just provide their own transcripts to schools like they always have? Why do we need to go for a more extensive data approach?

  5. Sen. Michael K. McKell2:22:34

     Thank you. Um, Madam Chair, I'm gonna defer this question. I, I neglected to introduce my, my guest, Angela Stalin. She's here and she's gonna answer that question.

  6. Rep. Candice B. Pierucci (presiding)2:22:42

     Great. Angie, if you'll just state your name and who you represent, that'd

  7. Angie Stallings, Deputy Commissioner, Utah System of Higher Education2:22:45

     Be awesome. Absolutely. Thank you Madam Chair. Um, Angie Stallings, deputy Commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education. And, um, part of the bill will direct, if you look kind of lower in the bill, you'll notice that it states the State Board of Higher Education in consultation with the USBE Board of Education shall, uh, pass an administrative rule, which is where we were planning to indicate which student data elements would be used and collected. I do have a list of them right here, which I could share with you verbally if you'd like. Um, they include student first and last name, mailing and permanent address, phone number, student and parent email address, parent first name, and last name high school SSID number a CT or SAT score, cumulative high school GPA, date of birth, Utah Residency, and then a randomly selected course and instructor. And this is for purposes, the, um, course and instructor information is part of our process through, um, the admit Utah dot org, uh, platform to verify that the student who is stating that they are the student as they're trying to apply to a college or university to confirm that they are indeed the person they are. So for example, in order to confirm their identity, we would say, which teacher did you have for 10th grade English? And they'd have four different names, for example. And let's say they had Ms. Smith, they'd select Ms. Smith, then we know that they, that is the right person. Um, so hopefully that helps with the data that we plan to collect in general. Um, part of the reason, the main reason that we're working with Senator Kel on this bill is a number of years ago the legislature in 53 H 1 2 0 3, its subsection two R requires the state board of higher education to, um, not establish and facilitate a direct admissions process. This is a process where through our website, a student can apply to all 16 institutions in one place. And, um, this next part, this phase, essentially it's a phase three, which right now we're engaged in with a pilot with provost school district only. We have a data sharing agreement directly with Provost school district to do this allows students to not only apply through this platform, but they are immediately admitted and accepted into, uh, at least 14 of the 16 institutions. And so these data elements are necessary in order so that students don't have to individually currently essentially phase two of our direct admissions process, which is is the Admit Utah dot org platform. A student does go in, they find out which institutions they are eligible for and then they are directed to each of the individual, um, websites for the 16 institutions. And they do apply, as you stated, they would submit their transcript information, uh, fill out an application, it takes time. Um, I'll just share with you, uh, an, a story from a student in the provost school district where one of my colleagues was there when Provost school district rolled, when we rolled out phase three, this pilot through with Provost school district. And, uh, he helped the student go through for about 10 minutes, um, designate the five institutions outta the 16. He was interested in it took him about 10 minutes and at the end of it he had been admitted and the student said, okay, now do I need to go and, um, individually reach out to each of the institutions? And my colleague said, no, you are actually accepted now to those five institutions. Now you can think about researching those institutions, figuring out which ones the right best fit for you, getting financial aid information, et cetera. Um, phase four of admit Utah would be to incorporate the financial aid scholarship information in that platform. So students pre-populated again after they have indicated their desire to enroll this data will not be shared with higher ed institutions unless, until the student uses the platform and says, I want to enroll in say, uh, UVU, mountain Land Technical College, et cetera. At that point, the student has indicated their intent to apply or enroll. That is when the data would be shared with institutions.

  8. Rep. Candice B. Pierucci (presiding)2:27:05

     Okay, thank you. We have a hard cutoff in about five minutes. Um, is that all Representative Peck?

  9. Rep. Nicholeen P. Peck2:27:10

     Yeah, I just, I just have concerns that they're not gonna know exactly what is shared. I also have concerns that without those prescriptive things in the bill saying name whatever, that we're gonna, we're gonna miss the mark. And I have, I have people in my family who are in Davis School district under the DOJ uh, thing that happened there where they said one word wrong in an English class got written up and it was put on a permanent record. And I'm like, this type of stuff could get passed around. I just feel like we need to be good to our students and this is maybe not ready for prime time yet.

  10. Rep. Candice B. Pierucci (presiding)2:27:44

      Okay. Thank you. Representative er.

  11. Rep. Karianne Lisonbee2:27:47speaker not certain

      Yes, thank you. Let's see, um, Um, I, I'm wondering if the sponsor would be willing to maybe put those things in code just because it would make me feel a lot more comfortable to know what we're agreeing to rather than leaving the door open to add on more things and board rule that then has not been, you know, voted on here.

  12. Sen. Michael K. McKell2:28:07

      Yeah, I, I'd be happy to work on that. Um, I, I, those, that's the information we need and this, this is just an efficiency more than anything else, making sure these students know these opportunities. We're happy to work on that. I, I don't see any concern with that. Okay, Thank you.

  13. Rep. Candice B. Pierucci (presiding)2:28:21

      Alright, seeing no further comment, we'll go to the public for comment. We have about two minutes. Is there anyone here to speak to the bill That's the same amount of people that spoke in this Or, alright. And online? Do we have anyone online? That's amazing. Um, okay, we will go back to the committee for action. Representative Hayes.

  14. Rep. Sahara Hayes2:28:42

      Thank you. There's no amendments or substitutes I'm seeing, is that correct? Okay, great. I think that's correct. Then um, in that case I move that we favorably recommend SB 1 52 Public and higher education collaborate, collaboration. All right, that motion is in order. Would you like to speak to the motion? Seems common sense. Alright.

  15. Rep. Candice B. Pierucci (presiding)2:29:01

      And we have comment from the committee. Do I go the sponsor first? We'll go to the committee for Representative Peck for comment.

  16. Rep. Nicholeen P. Peck2:29:11

      Thank you. Just really quickly, I'm glad that we're gonna continue to work on this. I'm gonna still vote no because we need to flag this bill to make sure it really does get to where it needs to be if it's actually gonna make its way to the floor. Thank you.

  17. Rep. Candice B. Pierucci (presiding)2:29:23

      Alright. And to the bill sponsor

  18. Sen. Michael K. McKell2:29:25

      All waive. Thank you.

  19. Rep. Candice B. Pierucci (presiding)2:29:27

      Alright, and back to the maker of the motion waive. All right, all those in favor? Uh, recommending h SB 1 52 with a favorable recommendation, please say aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed? No. No. So I have two in opposition, Representative Peck and Representative Libe, and that passes eight to two.

  20. Rep. Sahara Hayes2:29:51

      Thank you. And with that I will entertain and final motion adjourn.

  21. Rep. Ariel Defay (presiding)2:29:56

      That is in order. Although in favor say aye. Aye. We are adjourned.

• Mar 4, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Unknown speaker3:02:50speaker not certain

     Senate Bill 1 52 Public and Higher Education Collaboration by Senator Mikel. This bill was heard in education with the vote of 8 2 5. The house sponsors representative Val Peterson, Representative Peterson.

  2. Rep. Val L. Peterson3:03:03

     Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So this bill is intended to provide Utah secondary students with easier, more timely access to certain programs such as concurrent enrollment and first credential. And then, uh, for grades 11 and 12, help them understand their eligibility to enroll in and to help simplify their admissions process and to have access to scholarships and grants. Uh, so what this bill does is currently statute already allows for data sharing between the Utah, uh, uh, the Board of Education and the Utah System of Higher Education. And, but right now, Utah System of Higher Education has to negotiate with each LEA in order to get the information. So this bill would simplify that workflow. It would require that the state's higher education and public education systems create a process whereby, uh, the Utah State Board of Education centrally collects the information from their LEAs and then shares that data with the Utah system of higher education. This to make sure that everybody is aware of all the opportunities and benefits that they have coming to them. It also helps them to help with the direct admissions program that, that the Utah System of Higher Education has implemented, uh, that, uh, makes sure that, uh, their identity verification and safeguards, it also helps them to, uh, verify who their identity is by using their K through 12 school issued email address. So there is an opt out to this program, and it also requires that, uh, the Utah Board of, uh, the Utah State Board of Education, uh, trains the higher education personnel on what they have to do to access the K through 12 data and to consult with them. And so with that, uh, Mr. Speaker, I'm open to any questions.

  3. Speaker (presiding)3:05:03

     Thank you, Representative Peterson. Discussion to the bill, representative Arthur.

  4. Rep. John Arthur3:05:10

     Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just wanna rise in support of this bill. Anytime that we can build bridges between K to 12 education and higher ed, that that makes students not only more ready, but more successful once they land there. I, I think that that's a really positive move for our state. And so I would just encourage, uh, all of my colleagues to support this bill. Thank you.

  5. Speaker (presiding)3:05:34

     Thank you Rep Representative Arthur. Further discussion to the Bill representative or back to your Representative Peterson for summation.

  6. Rep. Val L. Peterson3:05:42

     Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So this is essentially directory information. The intent is not to expand outreach indiscriminately, but to ensure that when students engage with College Pathways, that they receive accurate, timely information that aligns with their eligibility for grants, scholarships, concurrent enrollment, and, uh, uh, first credential. So I, I'd appreciate your support for this bill.

  7. Speaker (presiding)3:06:09

     Thank you. Representative Peterson voting will now be open on SB 1 52, being now president, having voted voting is now closed. SB 1 52 passes this body with 65 yes votes, seven no votes will be sent to the Senate for its consideration, or sorry, sent, signed by the speaker sent to the Senate for the signature of the president, Madam Marine Clerk,

• Mar 4, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Rep. Val L. Peterson3:17:23

     Thank you Mr. Speaker. Having voted on the prevailing side, I make a motion to reconsider our actions on Senate bill 1 52.

  2. Speaker (presiding)3:17:30

     Thank you, representative. That motion is in order. Would you like to speak to it?

  3. Rep. Val L. Peterson3:17:34

     Yes. So, uh, my, the committee, some committee members have made it, uh, uh, to me, appeared to me that uh, there was an agreement to add an amendment to that bill. We did not amend that bill and the amendment is not online, so I'd like to call it back and circle the bill until we can get the amendment, uh, according to the agreement that was made.

  4. Speaker (presiding)3:17:53

     Thank you Representative Peterson. Discussion to, There we go. Thank you Representative Peterson. Discussion to the motion to reconsider our actions on SB 1 52. None. We'll go ahead and place the motion. The motion before is the House reconsider its actions on SB 1 52. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will that motion passes. SB 1 52 is now in front of the body for its consideration to you. Representative Peterson Motion to circle That motion is in order. Would you like to speak to it?

  5. Rep. Val L. Peterson3:18:38

     Just, uh, need to get the amendment made and we'll amend the bill and, and then pass it back out.

  6. Speaker (presiding)3:18:43

     Thank you, Representative Peterson. We'll go ahead and place the motion, the motion before us the house, house circle SB 1 52. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? While that motion passes, the bill's been circled. Okay, representative? Well, let's see. Let's go to Madam Marine Clerk for communications from the Senate.

• Mar 4, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Speaker (presiding)14:08

     Representative Peterson?

  2. Rep. Val L. Peterson14:09

     Yes. Mr. Speaker. Motion to encircle Senate bill 1 52.

  3. Speaker (presiding)14:13

     That motion is in order. Uh, we'll go ahead and place the motion. The motion before is the house encircle SB 1 52. All in favor, say aye. Any opposed? Will that motion passes? The bill's been uncircled Back to you, Representative Peterson.

  4. Rep. Val L. Peterson14:29

     Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to amend with amendment number one in my name, amendment number two in my name. I apologize.

  5. Speaker (presiding)14:47

     There we go. That motion is an order. Representative Peterson, would you like to speak to that motion? Motion?

  6. Rep. Val L. Peterson14:51

     Yes. So in committee, there was an agreement to amend this bill and that agreement was to make sure that student data definition does not include information or records related to a student's behavior incidents or student discipline. And so just to make sure clear that that, uh, behavior is not part of the student data that can be exchanged between the, um, board of Education and the Utah system of higher ed.

  7. Speaker (presiding)15:21

     Thank you representative. Uh, discussion, uh, to the motion to adopt amendment number two under representative Val Peterson's, name nine will go ahead and place the motion, the motion before us the house adopt amendment number two under Val Peterson's. Representative Val Peterson's name on SB 1 52. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Bill, that motion passes The bills amended and before the body for further consideration. Back to your Representative Peterson. Thank

  8. Rep. Val L. Peterson15:52

     You Mr. Speaker. So earlier today we passed this bill, which basically streamlines the process to share directory data between, uh, the Utah State Board of Education, the Utah system of higher ed. And I would urge your support with this bill so that we can make sure that students have all the opportunities for concurrent enrollment. Uh, first credential and scholarships. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

  9. Speaker (presiding)16:16

     Thank you, Representative Peterson. Discussion to the Bill nine back Peterson for summation, waive summation has been waived.

  10. Speaker (presiding)16:31

      Voting we'll now be open on SB 1 52 vote quickly. Representatives seeing all present, having voting, voting is now closed. SB 1 52 passes this body with 70 yes votes zero one no vote will be sent to the Senate for further consideration. Madam Marine Clerk

• Mar 5, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Senate presiding officer12:14

     You wanna explain the changes Yeah. That they made.

  2. Sen. Michael K. McKell12:17

     There was a question about student data and what it, what it meant. And Representative Peterson added, added just a clause in there. Um, just narrowing it and making sure that student data does not include information or records related to student behavior incidents or student discipline. That was just something that stakeholders and some folks in the house requested. It was a good amendment to the bill. And, and with that I'd urge support.

  3. Senate presiding officer12:41

     Thank you. Looking for discussion. Say not all In favor of concurring, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will let motion passes. Senate Bill 1 52 has been read three times. The question is, shall it pass? Roll call

  4. Senate clerk (roll call)12:56

     Vote. Senator Vickers Baldy Blue in Brammer bus Comore Escamilla Fillmore Grover Harper Hankins Ipson Johnson. Juab McKay. Mikel Milner Musselman Owens Pitcher Plum Rebi Sandal Stevenson Stratton ERs Weiler Wilson. Aye. Winterton.

  5. Senate presiding officer (President Adams)13:33

     Let's do that. President Adams Aye. Senate

  6. Senate clerk13:38

     bill 1 52, having received 22 yay votes, zero nay votes, seven being absent, passes his body and will be returned to the house for the sink for the speaker.

  7. Senate presiding officer13:48

     Senator Stevenson?

  8. Sen. Jerry W Stevenson13:50

     Yes. I'd just like to make an announcement. We are, uh, the bank is closed. I, I hope you know this. I had on my, uh, di on my, uh, my desk this morning. They bank is closed, signed. I don't know who gave this to me, but I think they must have worked in maybe a bar at one time. So, uh, anyway, uh, any any changes to the budget? We'll now either have to go through EAC chairs or the President. We're not going to, uh, make any changes. And we've got, we've got EAC meeting tonight, which we'll adopt the budget or that the, any changes in the budget. And then tomorrow night, of course the, the bill of Bills, but there was still opportunity to make changes in the Bill of Bills. But please don't try and contact, uh, our, our, uh, Jonathan or any of the folks over there. We just, there is not time and they're working very diligently and they may not answer your phone. I would advise them not to answer your phone. Uh, talk to either Scott or I or the, the, uh, the president if you need, uh, something that's undying and going to cause the lights to go off in the state of Utah.

  9. Senate presiding officer14:56

     Thank you again. Thank you. Senator Stevenson.

  10. Sen. Jerry W Stevenson14:58

      Our staff is working hard over there, trying to put together their budget. We still have about 15, uh, fiscal note bills. We haven't, we didn't get to last night on our board, so, and we may, we may go directly there, uh, because I know they're trying to put together the budget and they need to know what bills pass, what don't pass. So, uh, we're trying to, we we're trying to, they're trying to do the budget, so I think as they get calls, it's, uh, somewhat challenging for them. So, uh, let's go ahead. Next bill up is Senate Bill 1 67.