---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances Act Amendments"
description: "Controlled Substances Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 434"
citation: "Utah H.B. 434 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71900928-e499-4f34-af5c-29c2a5e455e9"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0434.html"
source_hash: "4bb27203f8c19193c99993147ffa9cd5d41f4a5695f472f8408138664dfa997d"
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 H.B. 434 (2018) — Controlled Substances 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/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0434.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0434.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **64–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Christensen, Allen M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-21** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-26** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-26** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-27** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2018-03-02** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-02** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-02** to Senate
- **2018-03-02** received from House
- **2018-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-02** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2018-03-08** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-08** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-03-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-08** to House
- **2018-03-08** received from Senate
- **2018-03-08** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-16** 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/71900928-e499-4f34-af5c-29c2a5e455e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).