---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing Initiative"
description: "Nursing Initiative"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 147"
citation: "Utah S.B. 147 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Health", "State Board of Regents", "Job Training"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Millner, Ann"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cae79142-5ba2-4c21-9d06-03775c35f3fa"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0147.html"
source_hash: "a45e9ad9eb08cbdc82b20911a72bce212ab76c8ea0f0406f33591a6649859e65"
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. 147 (2018) — Nursing Initiative

## 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/sbillint/SB0147.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SB0147.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0147.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **66–2** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Millner, Ann — primary (person)
- Spendlove, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-07** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-07** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-02-07** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-02-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-21** to House
- **2018-02-21** received from Senate
- **2018-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-01** to Senate
- **2018-03-01** received from House
- **2018-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20** 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/cae79142-5ba2-4c21-9d06-03775c35f3fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).