Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB88: School Technology Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 18, 2026
This bill amends provisions related to internet policy in a public school.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 11, 2026:
0 School Technology Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Lincoln Fillmore House Sponsor: Ariel Defay LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends provisions related to internet policy in a public school. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - at parent request, requires the use of a specific content filtering system; - requires the use of a parent monitoring system; 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-7-1001 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 3 REPEALS AND REENACTS: 53G-7-1003 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 3 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53G-7-1001 is amended to read: 53G-7-1001 . Definitions. Reserved As used in this part, "public school" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-9-205.1 . Section 2. Section 53G-7-1003 is repealed and reenacted to read: 53G-7-1003 . Process and content standards for policy. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Parent-accessible monitoring system" means a technology platform that enables a parent to review the activity of the parent's student on school managed devices. (b) "Policy" means the elementary and secondary school online access policy adopted …
Sponsors
- Fillmore, Lincoln (R, 17) · primary sponsor
- Defay, Ariel (R, 15)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : Senate/ to Governor
- : Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- : Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 26, 2026): 56 yea, 5 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 24, 2026): 8 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 4, 2026): 21 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 3, 2026): 21 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (January 21, 2026): 3 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Education, K-12 Education, Local Education Agencies (LEAs), Online Learning and/or Technology
Common questions
- What is SB88?
- SB88 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): School Technology Amendments.
- What does SB88 do?
- This bill amends provisions related to internet policy in a public school.
- What is the status of SB88?
- Signed into law as of March 18, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB88?
- Fillmore, Lincoln (R, 17), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB88?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0088.html
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