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State Government / Utah / Legislation / HB 399

HB 399Session 2026HouseIn committee

Prohibition Against Student Character Tracking and Grading Systems

Official source overview

This bill defines character education and creates restraints on certain entities regarding the use of character education.

Published by Utah State Legislature for H.B. 399 S1. Civixly has formatted, but not rewritten, the official text.

Latest development · Mar 7, 2026

House/ filed

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Official Utah record ↗
Session
2026
Introduced
Jan 27, 2026
Latest passage
Date unavailable
Key provisionsTopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

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What the bill would do

These points come from the Utah Legislature’s published bill overview.

  • defines terms;
  • repeals certain requirements related to: civics education; and character education;
  • prohibits administrative and instructional personnel from: implementing character education; measuring, quantifying, tracking, or grading a student's character education; and collecting and distributing character education data about a student;
  • outlines constitutional protections for a parent and the parent's children;
  • requires the state auditor to: receive certain reports; conduct certain investigations; and enforce the provisions of the section;
  • creates a private right of action;
  • prohibits a public entity from creating certain rules related to character education; and
  • makes technical and conforming changes.
Verify this overview with the Utah Legislature ↗

Topics and classification

Civixly topics

EducationElections & Government

Source subjects

Constitutional OfficersEducationGovernment Operations (State Issues)K-12 EducationLocal Education Agencies (LEAs)Standards and CurriculumState AuditorState Board of Education

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorLee, Trevor

Action timeline

Newest action first. Action language is supplied by the state source.

View full action timeline24 actions⌄
  1. Mar 7, 2026

    House/ filed

    FilingHouse
  2. Mar 7, 2026

    House/ strike enacting clause

    House
  3. Mar 5, 2026

    House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules [House Rules Committee]

    House
  4. Mar 4, 2026

    House Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules [House Education Committee]

    House
  5. Feb 24, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0399S02

    Utah State Legislature
  6. Feb 24, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0399S02

    Utah State Legislature
  7. Feb 23, 2026

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0399S02

    Utah State Legislature
  8. Feb 23, 2026

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0399S02

    Utah State Legislature
  9. Feb 13, 2026

    House Comm - Held [House Education Committee]

    House
  10. Feb 10, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0399S01

    Utah State Legislature
  11. Feb 10, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0399S01

    Utah State Legislature
  12. Feb 9, 2026

    House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee]

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  13. Feb 9, 2026

    Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]

    SubstitutionHouse
  14. Feb 6, 2026

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0399S01

    Utah State Legislature
  15. Feb 6, 2026

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0399S01

    Utah State Legislature
  16. Jan 30, 2026

    House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

    ReceiptHouse
  17. Jan 29, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0399

    Utah State Legislature
  18. Jan 29, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0399

    Utah State Legislature
  19. Jan 28, 2026

    House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

    House
  20. Jan 28, 2026

    House/ received bill from Legislative Research

    ReceiptHouse
  21. Jan 27, 2026

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0399

    Utah State Legislature
  22. Jan 27, 2026

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0399

    Utah State Legislature
  23. Jan 27, 2026

    Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

    Utah State Legislature
  24. Jan 27, 2026

    Bill Numbered but not Distributed

    Utah State Legislature

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State legislative data provided by Open States and linked legislature sources when available.

Bill overview text and highlighted provisions are published by the Utah State Legislature and are not rewritten by Civixly.

Civixly tracks state bill actions, passage dates, and sponsors. Member-level state roll-call histories are not included.

Source data last updated Jul 17, 2026.