---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 237 Vision Services Amendments"
description: "S.B. 237 Vision Services Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 237"
citation: "Utah S.B. 237 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health", "Insurance", "Health", "Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christensen, Allen M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a33aba11-fec6-4f1f-b18c-c651b085d213"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0237.html"
source_hash: "4ce7052ae3188732a2759248ce613c0c1b78892895918141ebbe3c2e6724c47b"
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. 237 (2018) — S.B. 237 Vision Services 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/sbillint/SB0237S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillamd/SB0237S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0237.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **69–3** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Christensen, Allen M. — primary (person)
- Dunnigan, James A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-03-01** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-03-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2018-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-03-05** to House
- **2018-03-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-03-05** received from Senate
- **2018-03-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-07** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-08** to Senate
- **2018-03-08** received from House
- **2018-03-08** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-03-08** concurs with House amendment
- **2018-03-08** to House
- **2018-03-08** received from Senate
- **2018-03-08** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-08** to Senate
- **2018-03-08** received from House
- **2018-03-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** 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/a33aba11-fec6-4f1f-b18c-c651b085d213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).