---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substance Abuse Amendments"
description: "Controlled Substance Abuse Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 191"
citation: "Utah H.B. 191 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Substance Abuse", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Providers", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19010ddc-af22-47d2-a264-2d46f369a713"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0191.html"
source_hash: "836e925ad70cb1df99494e688f406972bb044282c0ab6979d940eba9fea1b414"
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. 191 (2019) — Controlled Substance Abuse 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/HB0191.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0191.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — 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
- **2019-01-28** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-29** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-01-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-04** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** circled
- **2019-02-19** uncircled
- **2019-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-19** to Senate
- **2019-02-20** received from House
- **2019-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** 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** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-28** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-28** to House
- **2019-02-28** received from Senate
- **2019-02-28** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-20** 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/19010ddc-af22-47d2-a264-2d46f369a713`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).