---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.C.R. 8 Health Care Freedom Concurrent Resolution"
description: "S.C.R. 8 Health Care Freedom Concurrent Resolution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.C.R. 8"
citation: "Utah S.C.R. 8 (2017)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health", "Resolutions", "Health", "Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hemmert, Daniel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebf1740e-59db-4d4b-b526-cb08d90e7491"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SCR008.html"
source_hash: "cdac2d56666bd2004e781dcc0c45c320c2f67506fb55e1d952b5111bc2933911"
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.C.R. 8 (2017) — S.C.R. 8 Health Care Freedom Concurrent Resolution

## 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/SCR008S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SCR008S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SCR008.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–4** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **59–12** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **25–3** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hemmert, Daniel — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-07** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-08** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-22** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** circled
- **2017-02-28** uncircled
- **2017-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-28** to House
- **2017-02-28** received from Senate
- **2017-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-07** to Senate
- **2017-03-07** received from House
- **2017-03-07** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-07** concurs with House amendment
- **2017-03-07** to House
- **2017-03-07** received from Senate
- **2017-03-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-07** to Senate
- **2017-03-07** received from House
- **2017-03-07** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-07** 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`
- **2017-03-22** 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/ebf1740e-59db-4d4b-b526-cb08d90e7491`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).