---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances Amendments"
description: "Controlled Substances Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 449"
citation: "Utah H.B. 449 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Health", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Pharmacies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff9400c4-acc8-4e8b-9a1d-2c84f6f2d7a4"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0449.html"
source_hash: "5d02aa24bfe3c2adf2389b09d19a92b66bbcc5e7635ea7f102c9327b146a8f71"
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. 449 (2019) — Controlled Substances 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/HB0449.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0449.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Christensen, Allen M. — 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
- **2019-03-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-05** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-03-08** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2019-03-11** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** circled
- **2019-03-11** uncircled
- **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
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-20** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** 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/ff9400c4-acc8-4e8b-9a1d-2c84f6f2d7a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).