---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.C.R. 4 Concurrent Resolution on Deaths from Opioid-induced Postoperative Respiratory Depression"
description: "S.C.R. 4 Concurrent Resolution on Deaths from Opioid-induced Postoperative Respiratory Depression"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.C.R. 4"
citation: "Utah S.C.R. 4 (2018)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Controlled Substances", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van Tassell, Kevin T."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07419a71-0dae-4ea2-9aed-066b7addaf9e"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SCR004.html"
source_hash: "9f2cdc47235754b9c7ed30f29623e02e8e534a799b00cff80ac68ff0ca62f515"
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. 4 (2018) — S.C.R. 4 Concurrent Resolution on Deaths from Opioid-induced Postoperative Respiratory Depression

## 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/SCR004S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SCR004.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Van Tassell, Kevin T. — primary (person)
- Chew, Scott H. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-26** to House
- **2018-01-29** received from Senate
- **2018-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** to House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-02** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2018-02-06** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-07** to Senate
- **2018-02-07** received from House
- **2018-02-07** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-02-07** concurs with House amendment
- **2018-02-07** to House
- **2018-02-07** received from Senate
- **2018-02-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-07** to Senate
- **2018-02-08** received from House
- **2018-02-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-02-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/07419a71-0dae-4ea2-9aed-066b7addaf9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).