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2026 floor votes

H.B. 55: Privacy Compliance for Education Technology Vendors

3 recorded floor votes in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Signed by the governor on February 27, 2026. This bill requires the termination of a contract with a third-party provider in certain circumstances involving a failure to comply with state or federal privacy laws.

  • Requires an education entity or a government agency contracting on behalf of an education entity to: include certain provisions in a contract with a third-party contractor; notify a third-party contractor of the contractor's unauthorized sale of student data or information in violation of state or federal privacy laws; and terminate a contract with a third-party contractor that does not remedy the privacy violation after notification
  • Repeals a provision allowing a third-party contractor to respond to a student's request for information or feedback
  • Makes technical changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Tiara Auxier

Utah House, February 2, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 55
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 70 Nays 0 N/V 5
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (66)

53 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

4 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 11, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · HB 55
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 26 Nays 0 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (26)

20 Republican, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

2 Republican, 1 Forward

Utah Senate, February 12, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 55
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 28 Nays 0 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (28)

21 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Republican

Votes are listed as the Utah Legislature's floor vote records show them. Names are matched to today's roster, so members who have since left the Legislature aren't in the lists; the totals are the record's own. Committee votes and voice votes aren't included.