---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 44 Dental Insurance Amendments"
description: "S.B. 44 Dental Insurance Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 44"
citation: "Utah S.B. 44 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health", "Health", "Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christensen, Allen M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-12-20"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/229ed6fd-1408-4e63-8eb6-a1c12a996150"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0044.html"
source_hash: "fd2c95224ada9dc64e65f858a23aa2b935a9c418f82ccab908610da1fd49ca38"
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. 44 (2017) — S.B. 44 Dental Insurance 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/SB0044S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0044S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0044.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Christensen, Allen M. — primary (person)
- Ward, Raymond P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-11** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-27** floor amendment # 2
- **2017-01-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-01-30** circled
- **2017-02-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-01** uncircled
- **2017-02-01** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-01** circled
- **2017-02-02** uncircled
- **2017-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-02** to House
- **2017-02-03** received from Senate
- **2017-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2017-02-13** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2017-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-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
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** 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/229ed6fd-1408-4e63-8eb6-a1c12a996150`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).