---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 16 Fraudulent Drug Testing Amendments"
description: "H.B. 16 Fraudulent Drug Testing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 16"
citation: "Utah H.B. 16 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Substance Abuse", "Criminal Code", "Offenses", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b43da24-0cec-4dee-9ccc-5dcad013890a"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0016.html"
source_hash: "b0f1b6dd5e1f313638ba4babe346a42381f18e84c0219169d5315bb44ee81e5e"
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. 16 (2019) — H.B. 16 Fraudulent Drug Testing 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/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0016S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0016S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **61–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **57–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Christensen, Allen M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-01-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** circled
- **2019-02-14** uncircled
- **2019-02-14** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-14** circled
- **2019-02-15** uncircled
- **2019-02-15** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-15** to Senate
- **2019-02-15** received from House
- **2019-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-18** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-21** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** floor amendment # 2
- **2019-02-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-28** to House with amendments
- **2019-02-28** received from Senate
- **2019-02-28** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-01** to Senate
- **2019-03-01** received from House
- **2019-03-01** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-01** to House
- **2019-03-01** received from Senate
- **2019-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-04** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** 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/7b43da24-0cec-4dee-9ccc-5dcad013890a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).