---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 186 Opioid Prescription Regulation Amendments"
description: "H.B. 186 Opioid Prescription Regulation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 186"
citation: "Utah H.B. 186 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Death", "Health", "Department of Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Mental Health", "Health Care Providers", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2ce2719-11f0-4a9f-a9e1-48547535284b"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0186.html"
source_hash: "c96276e6d8027f12768788d531085ed12480375e898a4cc7b44681a4af4a3189"
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. 186 (2019) — H.B. 186 Opioid Prescription Regulation 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/HB0186S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0186S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0186.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-29** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-01** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** circled
- **2019-02-20** uncircled
- **2019-02-20** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2019-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-20** to Senate
- **2019-02-21** received from House
- **2019-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-26** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-02-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** circled
- **2019-03-01** uncircled
- **2019-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-01** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-01** received from Senate
- **2019-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-04** to Senate
- **2019-03-04** received from House
- **2019-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-04** to House
- **2019-03-04** received from Senate
- **2019-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to 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/d2ce2719-11f0-4a9f-a9e1-48547535284b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).