Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB56: Citizenship Education Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill requires schools to provide legal awareness information to 10th grade students.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, December 29, 2025:
0 Citizenship Education Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Kathleen A. Riebe House Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill requires schools to provide legal awareness information to 10th grade students. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - requires schools to provide legal awareness information to 10th grade students; - allows flexibility in how schools deliver the information; and - requires a local education agency to maintain a current and accurate list of information. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 53E-4-208 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53E-4-208 is enacted to read: 53E-4-208 . Legal awareness education for students. (1) As used in this section, "legal awareness information" means information regarding legal rights, responsibilities, and obligations that apply to individuals upon reaching the age of majority. (2) Beginning with the 2026-27 school year, an LEA shall ensure that each student in grade 10 receives legal awareness information that includes: (a) voting rights and voter registration requirements; (b) jury duty obligations and processes; (c) military selective service registration requirements; (d) the right to enter into contracts and legal consequences of contracts; (e) the right to legal representation in court proceedings; (f) medical decision-making authority and healthcare consent; (g) …
Sponsors
- Riebe, Kathleen A. (D, 15) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules/ amended
- : Senate Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- : Senate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed
- : Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
- : Senate/ to standing committee
- : Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0056
Votes
- Senate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed (January 29, 2026): 2 yea, 3 nay, failed
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation (January 29, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Education, Standards and Curriculum, K-12 Education, Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
Common questions
- What is SB56?
- SB56 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Citizenship Education Amendments.
- What does SB56 do?
- This bill requires schools to provide legal awareness information to 10th grade students.
- What is the status of SB56?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB56?
- Riebe, Kathleen A. (D, 15).
- Where is the official record for SB56?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0056.html
Source: official Utah record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.