---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care Malpractice Act Sunset Extension"
description: "Health Care Malpractice Act Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 29"
citation: "Utah S.B. 29 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Health Care Providers", "Occupations and Professions", "Arbitration\\\\Mediation", "Judiciary", "Medical Malpractice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christensen, Allen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-20"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5086cc4-fbaf-4a89-93d5-bba75efa3f8c"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0029.html"
source_hash: "24efa990a4d713062a777b785bd8d2ed715fc095e261560a091b5d0b99fb2eb3"
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. 29 (2019) — Health Care Malpractice Act Sunset Extension

## 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/SB0029.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0029.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christensen, Allen M. — primary (person)
- Barlow, Stewart E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-12-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-12-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-25** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-01-28** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-01-28** to House
- **2019-01-30** received from Senate
- **2019-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-02-07** to Senate
- **2019-02-08** received from House
- **2019-02-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-11** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-02-11** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** 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/a5086cc4-fbaf-4a89-93d5-bba75efa3f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).