How multiple district decisions trigger statewide removal

Once the count is met, the State Board must notify districts and charter schools within 10 school days. It may place the book on a public-meeting agenda within 60 days of that notice and vote to end the statewide requirement. Rule R277-628 gives a Board member 30 days after notification to request that review.

Read: H.B. 29, enrolled PDF, pp. 6–7

On January 23, 2024, Rep. Ken Ivory presented H.B. 29 to the House Education Committee with Brooke Stephens and Gloria Vindas. The minutes identify Stephens with Utah Parents United. After one amendment, the committee recommended the bill, 10–2, with three absent. This was a step toward passage, not enactment.

Read: House Education Committee minutes (PDF, p. 3)

On February 9, 2024, Ivory presented H.B. 29 to the Senate Education Committee with Stephens. The minutes list her as a citizen and spell her name "Stevens." A public-comment reading amendment failed, 2–4, with three absent. The committee recommended the substitute bill, 5–1, with three absent.

Read: Senate Education Committee minutes (PDF, p. 3)

A copy of the state spreadsheet saved July 6, 2026 gives the first 13 titles an August 2, 2024 statewide threshold date: A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Frost and Starlight, A Court Of Mist And Fury, A Court Of Silver Flames and A Court Of Wings And Ruin (Sarah J. Maas); What Girls Are Made Of (Elana K. Arnold); Milk and Honey (Rupi Kaur); Forever (Judy Blume); Tilt and Fallout (Ellen Hopkins); Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood); Blankets (Craig Thompson); and Empire of Storms (Sarah J. Maas). The district column in that copy reflects July 2026.

Read: Saved state spreadsheet (July 6, 2026)

The list's own note says the titles have been determined to contain Objective Sensitive Materials in a final determination and have met the statewide threshold of removal from at least 3 school districts or at least 2 school districts and 5 charter schools. It also says posting a title does not imply official USBE endorsement.

In the saved copy, the first 13 titles have a threshold date of August 2, 2024. The latest date is July 6, 2026, for Different Seasons.

The collected records do not establish how each outcome reached the state or whether every withdrawal reached the statewide list.