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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah SB 269 requires school boards to publish meeting agendas 48 hours in advance
Last action · March 6, 2026: Senate/ filedSponsors: Todd Weiler and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Utah state and local school boards must publish meeting agendas on their websites at least 48 hours before holding public meetings, changing the prior 72-hour requirement, effective May 6, 2026. The legislation also restricts local boards from holding meetings outside their district boundaries except during emergencies or site visits without voting, and prohibits expelling board members from meetings except by a two-thirds vote for specific infractions.
Residents gain earlier public notice of school board deliberations and decisions, while local school board members gain codified protections against expulsion alongside stricter rules for conducting out-of-district site visits.
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.
State Board of Education
Must publish meeting agendas online at least 48 hours prior to meetings unless emergency rules apply.
Local school boards
Must adopt rules of order, publish agendas 48 hours in advance, restrict out-of-district meetings, and follow specific voting procedures to discipline members.
School district residents
Receive earlier online access to school board meeting agendas and rules of order.
Key Facts
- The State Board of Education must publish a meeting agenda on its website at least 48 hours before holding a required meeting.
- Local school boards must publish a meeting agenda on their website at least 48 hours before holding a public meeting.
- School boards may disregard the 48-hour agenda deadline if emergency requirements under Section 52-4-202(5) are met.
- Local school boards are prohibited from holding public meetings outside their district geographic boundaries, with exceptions for disasters, local emergencies, or site visits where no votes are taken.
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- Local school boards must adopt and make available rules of order and procedure for public meetings.
- A local school board cannot expel or prohibit a member from attending an open public meeting, except following a two-thirds vote for disorderly conduct, financial conflict of interest, or committing a crime during the meeting.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Can local school boards ever meet outside their school district?
Under what conditions can a school board member be expelled from a meeting?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in House committee.
Procedural history
35 actions- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 5, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- Mar 4, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
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- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Held
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Feb 26, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Feb 25, 2026SenateFloorSenate/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ uncircled
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ circled
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ motion to reconsider
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ filed
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ failed
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
- Feb 24, 2026SenateFloorSenate/ passed 2nd reading
- Feb 24, 2026SenateSenate/ floor amendment
- Feb 24, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Feb 17, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- Feb 17, 2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ amended
- Feb 13, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 13, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
- Feb 10, 2026SenateSenate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 10, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0269
- Feb 10, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0269
- Feb 9, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 6, 2026SenateSenate/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0269
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0269
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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