---
type: "Bill"
title: "Acupuncture Licensing Act Amendments"
description: "Acupuncture Licensing Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 73"
citation: "Utah S.B. 73 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations and Professions", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinkins, David P."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 58
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-04"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7d09ca8-82eb-4d22-9868-0c49ec73e3fe"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0073.html"
source_hash: "fba28b2f8b89e3b513690ee7b5976d5ec44eadf3a87161a09cbb972d6299f5f0"
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. 73 (2017) — Acupuncture Licensing Act 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/SB0073.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0073.pdf)
3. **Conference Committee Report 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/comreport/SB073C10.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0073.pdf)

## Votes

- floor amendment # 1 — **54–20** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **69–4** (pass) · legislature
- House Conference Committee - Final Passage — **68–2** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hinkins, David P. — primary (person)
- Kwan, Karen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-04** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-04** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-04** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-18** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **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
- **2017-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-01-31** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-01-31** to House
- **2017-01-31** received from Senate
- **2017-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-08** to Senate
- **2017-02-08** received from House
- **2017-02-08** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-02-09** refuse to concur with House amendments
- **2017-02-09** to House
- **2017-02-09** refused to recede from House amendment
- **2017-02-13** House Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2017-02-13** to Senate
- **2017-02-16** received from House
- **2017-02-16** Senate Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2017-02-16** to House
- **2017-02-16** received from Senate
- **2017-02-17** Bill amended by Conference Committee # 2
- **2017-02-17** Conference Committee Report
- **2017-02-17** House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2017-02-17** House Conference Committee - Final Passage
- **2017-02-17** to Senate
- **2017-02-21** received from House
- **2017-02-21** Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2017-02-21** Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage
- **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
- **2017-03-17** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-17** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-20** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-21** 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/d7d09ca8-82eb-4d22-9868-0c49ec73e3fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).