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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Nursing Care Facility Program Amendments"
+description: "Nursing Care Facility Program Amendments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 343"
+citation: "Utah HB 343 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Insurance", "Health and Human Services", "Medicaid", "Nursing Homes"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bolinder, Bridger"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-23T15:41:28+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-18T16:16:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cc06a15-7795-4b1d-aeb9-945a75e9d05e"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0343.html"
+source_hash: "240f79be02594dbe26f363eb74de16ce8f3b6bce1f842671dff7c4d5374531b6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
+---
+
+# Utah HB 343 (2026) — Nursing Care Facility Program Amendments
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0343.xml)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0343.xml)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–1** (pass) · lower
+- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bolinder, Bridger — primary (person)
+- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23T15:41:28+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2026-01-23T15:41:28+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2026-01-23T15:41:30+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0343
+- **2026-01-23T15:41:30+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0343
+- **2026-01-23T16:53:07+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2026-01-23T18:18:05+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-01-28T12:54:18+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0343
+- **2026-01-28T12:54:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0343
+- **2026-01-28T17:10:11+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2026-02-03T19:22:55+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04T23:02:09+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-05T18:12:29+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-05T18:12:30+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-13T18:34:30+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-13T18:37:18+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-13T18:37:20+00:00** House/ to Senate
+- **2026-02-13T19:26:07+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
+- **2026-02-17T17:28:10+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-02-18T21:28:14+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19T23:51:58+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-20T17:19:12+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-20T17:19:13+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2026-02-25T22:28:11+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-25T22:30:14+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-26T17:54:30+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-26T17:56:10+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-26T17:56:11+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
+- **2026-02-26T17:56:12+00:00** Senate/ to House
+- **2026-02-26T19:33:48+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2026-02-26T19:33:49+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2026-03-02T15:19:45+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
+- **2026-03-02T15:19:49+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2026-03-03T22:43:10+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-03T22:43:16+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2026-03-11T16:25:35+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2026-03-11T16:25:37+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-18T16:16:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cc06a15-7795-4b1d-aeb9-945a75e9d05e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+