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S.B. 56: Citizenship Education Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: Senate

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

It would have required schools to give 10th graders legal-awareness information, with flexibility in how it is delivered, and required each local education agency to keep its list of resources current. It never reached a Senate floor vote: a motion to recommend it failed in committee, and it was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill requires schools to provide legal awareness information to 10th grade students.

  • Requires schools to provide legal awareness information to 10th grade students
  • Allows flexibility in how schools deliver the information
  • Requires a local education agency to maintain a current and accurate list of information

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature; the paragraph above is the Ledger’s summary. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Education · K-12 Education · Local Education Agencies (LEAs) · Standards and Curriculum

How it moved

  1. · Senate1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Senateto standing committeeEducation Committee
  3. · SenateSenate Comm - Amendment RecommendationEducation Committee
  4. · SenateSenate Comm - Motion to Recommend FailedEducation Committee
  5. · SenateSenate Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesEducation Committee
  6. · Senatefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on S.B. 56, dated January 14, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue.
  • State expenditures: Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state expenditures.
  • Local government: Enactment of this legislation could cost Local Education Agencies (LEAs) $280 one-time per teacher beginning in Fiscal Year 2027 to prepare and provide legal awareness instruction to tenth-grade students. The exact change in cost per LEA is unknown.
  • Individuals and businesses: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct expenditures from tax or fee changes for Utah residents and businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Kathleen A. Riebe

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.