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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

S.B. 186: Charter School Base Funding Amendments

4 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 March 19, 2026. This bill establishes a charter school base funding study and creates a charter school educational service agency.

  • Requires a study of charter school administrative costs and funding options
  • Establishes a charter school base funding study group with specific membership
  • Requires charter school governing board members to take an oath of office
  • Clarifies that charter schools are public schools
  • Replaces the Charter School Revolving Account with the Charter School Revolving Fund
  • Requires the study group to examine charter school administrative costs and funding options

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Heidi Balderree

Utah Senate, February 17, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · SB 186
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 17 Nays 8 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (17)

16 Republican, 1 Forward

No (8)

2 Republican, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah Senate, February 18, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · SB 186
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 15 Nays 10 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (15)

14 Republican, 1 Forward

No (10)

4 Republican, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah House, March 4, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. SB 186
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 72 Nays 1 N/V 2
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (68)

54 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. SB 186
Result as recorded: Ayes 18 Nays 5 Abs 6
Official record

Yes (18)

17 Republican, 1 Forward

No (5)

1 Republican, 4 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

4 Republican, 2 Democratic

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.