Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB197: School Materials Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill amends provisions regarding the accessibility of sensitive material through digital instructional material in a school setting.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, February 12, 2026:
0 School Materials Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Nicholeen P. Peck Senate Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends provisions regarding the accessibility of sensitive material through digital instructional material in a school setting. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines a term; - prohibits a Local Education Agency (LEA) from providing certain materials to students that have been removed statewide; - requires an LEA to review instructional material an LEA adds to the LEA's collection of instructional material; - enacts certain prohibitions on a vendor of digital instructional material; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: This bill provides a special effective date. Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 53G-10-103 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 173 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53G-10-103 is amended to read: 53G-10-103 . Sensitive instructional materials. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Contracting entity" means the entity, including the LEA governing board, the state board, or UETN, that contracts with a vendor for a given digital instructional material, including a digital database. (a) (b) (i) "Instructional material" means a material, regardless of format, used: (A) as or in place of textbooks to deliver curriculum …
Sponsors
- Peck, Nicholeen P. (R, 28) · primary sponsor
- Keven Stratton (R, 24)
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- : Senate Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- : Senate Comm - Held
- : Senate Comm - Not Considered
- : Senate/ to standing committee
- : Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
Votes
- Senate Comm - Held (March 4, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 20, 2026): 47 yea, 17 nay, passed
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 12, 2026): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 12, 2026): 9 yea, 4 nay, passed
Subjects: State Board of Education, Education, Standards and Curriculum, K-12 Education, Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
Common questions
- What is HB197?
- HB197 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): School Materials Amendments.
- What does HB197 do?
- This bill amends provisions regarding the accessibility of sensitive material through digital instructional material in a school setting.
- What is the status of HB197?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB197?
- Peck, Nicholeen P. (R, 28), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB197?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0197.html
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