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2026 floor votes

S.B. 81: Dyslexia Testing 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 addresses dyslexia assessment and diagnosis.

  • Requires a school district or charter school to take certain actions, including individualized intervention, if a dyslexia assessment administered by a licensed individual practicing within the scope of practice for the individual's license, indicates that a student lacks reading competency, demonstrates characteristics of dyslexia, or is lagging in acquiring a reading skill
  • Provides certain protections to educational professionals
  • Amends provisions related to the scope of practice for mental health therapists and psychologists to: align with an approved diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders; and clarify that the scope of practice includes the evaluation and treatment of disorders as defined in the approved diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders, including dyslexia
  • Defines terms
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Jen Plumb

Utah Senate, February 9, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 2nd Sub. SB 81
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 26 Nays 0 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (26)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

3 Republican

Utah Senate, February 10, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. SB 81
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 0 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (24)

18 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

4 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah House, February 26, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. SB 81
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 63 Nays 1 N/V 11
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (59)

45 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (11)

11 Republican

Utah Senate, February 27, 2026

Concurrence, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. SB 81
Result as recorded: Ayes 21 Nays 0 Abs 8
Official record

Yes (21)

16 Republican, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (8)

6 Republican, 1 Forward, 1 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.