---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 50 Opioid Prescribing Regulations"
description: "H.B. 50 Opioid Prescribing Regulations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 50"
citation: "Utah H.B. 50 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Health", "Health Care Providers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-20"
last_action: "2017-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/524c9fe6-c2e7-487a-87df-e3d8f18e04f9"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0050.html"
source_hash: "5cc19dd7a7f2d762cc395aab5d605bb534c6d243a94f9b45c5fc455aba1c0db8"
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. 50 (2017) — H.B. 50 Opioid Prescribing Regulations

## 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/HB0050S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0050S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0050.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **67–5** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** House Comm - Held
- **2017-02-09** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2017-02-09** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2017-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-10** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-10** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-10** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2017-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** floor amendment # 4
- **2017-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-23** to Senate
- **2017-02-24** received from House
- **2017-02-24** 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
- **2017-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-09** 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`
- **2017-03-22** 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/524c9fe6-c2e7-487a-87df-e3d8f18e04f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).