Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB312: School Curriculum and Standards Modifications
Status: Signed into law, March 25, 2026
This bill modifies requirements for social studies education and establishes open education resources.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 11, 2026:
0 School Curriculum and Standards Modifications 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Tiara Auxier Senate Sponsor: Lincoln Fillmore LONG TITLE General Description: This bill modifies requirements for social studies education and establishes open education resources. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - requires the state superintendent to identify and develop high-quality open educational resource instructional materials; - requires social studies instruction on American self-governance and comparative government systems; - requires instruction from documents influencing America's founding and literary thought; - requires sourcing of English language arts assessment passages from primary source documents where appropriate; - requires instruction on the roles and responsibilities of government officials; - allows local education agencies to determine whether applied crafts and technical arts courses meet fine arts credit requirements; - requires American constitutional government and citizenship to be taught as two distinct semester courses; - requires United States history to be taught as two distinct semester courses; - prohibits students from taking the same semester course twice to meet graduation requirements; - requires literacy coaches to support the integration of social studies content into literacy instruction; - requires regular social studies instruction for elementary grades; - allows social studies instruction to be delivered through integrated instruction with English language arts and mathematics; - requires implementation of elementary social studies requirements by July 1, 2031; - …
Sponsors
- Tiara Auxier (R, 4) · primary sponsor
- Fillmore, Lincoln (R, 17)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
Votes
- Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage (March 5, 2026): 19 yea, 5 nay, passed
- House Conference Committee - Final Passage (March 5, 2026): 65 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (March 4, 2026): 20 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 2, 2026): 3 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 20, 2026): 51 yea, 17 nay, passed
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 12, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Board of Education, Education, Standards and Curriculum, K-12 Education, Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
Common questions
- What is HB312?
- HB312 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): School Curriculum and Standards Modifications.
- What does HB312 do?
- This bill modifies requirements for social studies education and establishes open education resources.
- What is the status of HB312?
- Signed into law as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB312?
- Tiara Auxier (R, 4), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB312?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0312.html
Source: official Utah record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.