Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB291: Student Transportation Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill amends a student's eligibility for state-supported transportation.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, February 23, 2026:
0 Student Transportation Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Emily Buss House Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends a student's eligibility for state-supported transportation. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - amends a student's eligibility for state-supported transportation; - requires a school district that receives certain transportation funds to provide transportation to certain students; - allows a parent to petition a school district; - allows the state board to designate certain transportation funds for a specific purpose; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: This bill appropriates $500,000 in operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2027, all of which is from the Income Tax Fund. Other Special Clauses: This bill provides a special effective date. Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 53F-2-403 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 23 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53F-2-403 is amended to read: 53F-2-403 . Eligibility for state-supported transportation -- Approved bus routes. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Crosswalk" means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-6a-102 . (b) "Hazardous route" means a path between a student's residence and the student's assigned school that a student must travel to get to school that contains one …
Sponsors
- Buss, Emily (I, 11) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- : Senate Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0291S01
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0291S01
- : LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0291S01
- : LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0291S01
- : Senate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed
- : Senate/ to standing committee
Votes
- Senate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed (February 18, 2026): 2 yea, 2 nay, failed
Subjects: State Board of Education, Education, K-12 Education, Transportation, School Districts
Common questions
- What is SB291?
- SB291 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Student Transportation Amendments.
- What does SB291 do?
- This bill amends a student's eligibility for state-supported transportation.
- What is the status of SB291?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB291?
- Buss, Emily (I, 11).
- Where is the official record for SB291?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0291.html
Source: official Utah record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.