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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

S.B. 216: Higher Education Performance and Enrollment Funding

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 addresses performance funding and enrollment funding in higher education.

  • Defines terms
  • Repeals a study requirement for the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee that this legislation fulfills
  • Establishes a process and formula for determining certain enrollment-based funding for institutions of higher education, including degree-granting universities and technical colleges
  • Establishes new performance metrics and goals for performance-based funding
  • Amends provisions regarding certain meetings of legislative committees in relation to the performance funding model
  • Enacts certain sunset dates

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Ann Millner

Utah Senate, February 20, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · SB 216
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 26 Nays 0 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (26)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

2 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 23, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · SB 216
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 27 Nays 0 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (27)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · SB 216
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 61 Nays 1 N/V 13
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (58)

46 Republican, 12 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (12)

2 Democratic, 10 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Final Passage · SB 216
Result as recorded: Ayes 26 Nays 0 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (26)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

1 Democratic, 2 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.