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2026 floor votes

S.B. 34: Public Education Revisions

5 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 amends provisions and programs regarding the operation of the public education system.

  • Defines terms, including "general control and supervision" of the public education system
  • Corrects references regarding the State Superintendent's Annual Report
  • Allows the State Board of Education (state board) to authorize the state superintendent of public instruction to appoint and supervise the superintendent of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB)
  • Renames the Catalyst Center Grant Program to the Applied Educational Experience Grant Program and amends associated provisions regarding eligibility for and use of program funds
  • Amends the allowable use of funds in the Grow Your Own Educator Pipeline Program for paraprofessionals
  • Aligns terminology regarding juvenile justice reintegration to apply to all local education agencies rather than only school districts

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor John D. Johnson

Utah Senate, February 23, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 2nd Sub. SB 34
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 0 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (25)

18 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah Senate, February 24, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. SB 34
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 0 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (25)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 4 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

2 Republican, 2 Democratic

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. SB 34
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 71 Nays 0 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

53 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Conference Committee/Final Passage · 4th Sub. SB 34
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 52 Nays 0 N/V 23
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (50)

10 Democratic, 40 Republican

Absent or not voting (21)

17 Republican, 4 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

Final Passage · 4th Sub. SB 34
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 29 Nays 0 Abs 0
Official record

Yes (29)

22 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 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.