---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental Licensing Amendments"
description: "Dental Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 262"
citation: "Utah H.B. 262 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care Providers", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Poulson, Marie H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c76e4f77-43f7-4860-af80-32dbe9b09d4e"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0262.html"
source_hash: "1ee26616498afe06c459968d5a3b4fc36f17cc8ab418b681586832b997a837f5"
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 H.B. 262 (2017) — Dental Licensing Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HB0262.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0262.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Poulson, Marie H. — primary (person)
- Knudson, Peter C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-04** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-08** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-24** to Senate
- **2017-02-27** received from House
- **2017-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-03-09** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-09** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-09** to House
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-17** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-17** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-24** 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/c76e4f77-43f7-4860-af80-32dbe9b09d4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).