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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah HB 151 Exempts Concurrent Enrollment, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate Courses from Sensitive Material Restrictions with Parental Consent
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Carol Moss
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill exempts certain courses from requirements regarding the instructional material for those courses.
Students enrolled in advanced or specialized high school courses may access specific instructional materials previously restricted as sensitive, provided their parents actively consent after receiving advance notice.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
students
Students enrolled in advanced placement, concurrent enrollment, international baccalaureate, medical, or family and consumer science courses may access instructional materials when parental consent is provided.
parents
Parents receive advance notice of sensitive instructional materials in specific advanced courses and must provide consent by enrolling their child.
local education agencies
Local education agencies must process allegations, remove challenged materials under specific timelines, conduct objective and subjective reviews, and report determinations to the state board.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
11 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 16, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0151
- Jan 16, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0151
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- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0151
- Jan 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0151
- Jan 6, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 6, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Exemption for Advanced and Specialized Courses
The bill creates specific carve-outs from school sensitive material prohibitions for AP, IB, concurrent enrollment, medical, and family and consumer science courses when parental notice and consent are met.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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