---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 157 Acupuncture Licensing Act Amendments"
description: "S.B. 157 Acupuncture Licensing Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 157"
citation: "Utah S.B. 157 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations and Professions", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ca02470-14dd-4466-8c4a-f3542655ad6e"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0157.html"
source_hash: "a8668a93e2ec2a73e9a43f0dd7c3fdde12d7c65c827385b0ba1facff310977af"
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 S.B. 157 (2019) — S.B. 157 Acupuncture Licensing Act 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/sbillint/SB0157S05.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0157.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **17–8** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **21–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **62–7** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Roberts, Marc K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-12** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-19** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-19** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-02-26** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-27** to House
- **2019-02-27** received from Senate
- **2019-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2019-03-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-03-08** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2019-03-11** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** substituted from # 2 to # 5
- **2019-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-12** to Senate
- **2019-03-12** received from House
- **2019-03-12** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-12** concurs with House amendment
- **2019-03-12** to House
- **2019-03-12** received from Senate
- **2019-03-12** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-03-12** to Senate
- **2019-03-12** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-03-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-13** received from House
- **2019-03-13** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-14** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-03-14** 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`
- **2019-04-01** 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/5ca02470-14dd-4466-8c4a-f3542655ad6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).