---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician Assistant Amendments"
description: "Physician Assistant Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 162"
citation: "Utah S.B. 162 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Providers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shiozawa, Brian E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d20e9c0-4af7-4b04-94b8-6f0a13f8674a"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0162.html"
source_hash: "59437cec55f986b5fb5aed1d578cb43029a069a7188da7e37b5d062cef90c967"
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 S.B. 162 (2017) — Physician Assistant 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/sbillint/SB0162.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0162.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0162.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Shiozawa, Brian E. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-06** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-27** to House
- **2017-02-27** received from Senate
- **2017-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-02** to Senate
- **2017-03-02** received from House
- **2017-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-02** 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** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-23** 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/7d20e9c0-4af7-4b04-94b8-6f0a13f8674a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).