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2026 floor votes

S.B. 296: Student Consent 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 enacts provisions related to a student's educational data and informed consent.

  • Defines terms
  • Enacts certain rights regarding student data
  • Requires an education entity and institution of higher education to: disclose student data under certain circumstances; offer a secure, digital mechanism for obtaining informed consent; and follow certain procedures when obtaining a student's informed consent
  • Allows an education entity and an institution of higher education to impose certain limitations
  • Prohibits an education entity and an institution of higher education from: restricting a student's ability to grant informed consent; requiring a student to waive certain rights; or imposing certain limitations on a student's informed consent
  • Requires a parent to provide informed consent on behalf of the parent's minor student

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Kirk A. Cullimore

Utah Senate, March 2, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 1st Sub. SB 296
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 0 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (25)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

3 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 3, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. SB 296
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 27 Nays 0 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (27)

21 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

1 Democratic, 1 Republican

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. SB 296
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 63 Nays 0 N/V 12
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (59)

46 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (12)

11 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Final Passage · 1st Sub. SB 296
Result as recorded: Ayes 27 Nays 0 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (27)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

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.