---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 286 Essential Treatment and Intervention Act"
description: "H.B. 286 Essential Treatment and Intervention Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 286"
citation: "Utah H.B. 286 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Substance Abuse", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christensen, LaVar"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9e44283-9923-486a-83cf-3c60f359219b"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0286.html"
source_hash: "9dd248cb307c0f61e3a6484cea00b91f52d96f1db0f672d512892dd5d7d44d4a"
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. 286 (2017) — H.B. 286 Essential Treatment and Intervention Act

## 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/HB0286S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0286S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0286.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **61–11** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Held — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Christensen, LaVar — primary (person)
- Adams, J. Stuart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-06** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-10** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** House Comm - Held
- **2017-02-14** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-15** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-15** House Comm - Held
- **2017-02-17** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2017-02-17** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-21** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** floor amendment # 2
- **2017-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-28** to Senate
- **2017-02-28** received from House
- **2017-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-03-08** 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
- **2017-03-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-25** 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/e9e44283-9923-486a-83cf-3c60f359219b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).