---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide Crisis Line"
description: "Statewide Crisis Line"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 37"
citation: "Utah S.B. 37 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-13"
last_action: "2017-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96ddbb40-3903-4d01-b489-0258fd10f66a"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0037.html"
source_hash: "706382079b435bb22628a7fe804457993b6cb166f7f066f77b4e8fb33f77f159"
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. 37 (2017) — Statewide Crisis Line

## 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/SB0037.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0037.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0037.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2016-12-13** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-15** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-01-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-01-23** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-01-23** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-01-23** to House
- **2017-01-24** received from Senate
- **2017-01-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2017-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** circled
- **2017-02-16** uncircled
- **2017-02-16** floor amendment # 3
- **2017-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-16** to Senate
- **2017-02-17** received from House
- **2017-02-17** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-02-21** concurs with House amendment
- **2017-02-21** to House
- **2017-02-21** received from Senate
- **2017-02-21** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-02-21** to Senate
- **2017-02-22** received from House
- **2017-02-22** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-22** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-02-22** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-15** 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/96ddbb40-3903-4d01-b489-0258fd10f66a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).