---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care Debt Collection Notice Amendments"
description: "Health Care Debt Collection Notice Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 445"
citation: "Utah H.B. 445 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health", "Insurance", "Business", "Collection Agencies", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Benefits/Claims", "Health", "Health Care Providers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miles, Kelly B."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c15db70e-1f84-486b-a39a-703524824249"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0445.html"
source_hash: "6fe8413513edcac3e80ea3582ef25d50def19229ad6e898ffd254957ddeec7c4"
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. 445 (2019) — Health Care Debt Collection Notice 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/HB0445.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0445.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0445.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amended out Comm amendment # 1 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Reconsider actions — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miles, Kelly B. — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-28** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-03-05** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-03-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** House Comm - Reconsider actions
- **2019-03-07** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2019-03-07** House Comm - Amended out Comm amendment # 1
- **2019-03-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2019-03-08** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-08** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-03-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-11** to Senate
- **2019-03-11** received from House
- **2019-03-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-14** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-14** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-14** to House
- **2019-03-14** received from Senate
- **2019-03-14** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-26** 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/c15db70e-1f84-486b-a39a-703524824249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).