---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 38 Mental Health Amendments"
description: "S.B. 38 Mental Health Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S.B. 38"
citation: "Utah S.B. 38 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health", "Mental Health Professional", "Human Services", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fillmore, Lincoln"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-12-28"
last_action: "2019-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a84629c0-abb4-4a7f-b235-d6b96971b41d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/SB0038.html"
source_hash: "eee6d38f17948d3332ba0c7f71744e881168ffa26115bbd7ff8c52efedc05047"
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. 38 (2019) — S.B. 38 Mental Health 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/SB0038S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0038S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillenr/SB0038.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Reconsider actions — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fillmore, Lincoln — primary (person)
- Daw, Brad M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-25** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** circled
- **2019-02-07** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-08** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-02-08** uncircled
- **2019-02-08** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-08** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-11** to House
- **2019-02-11** received from Senate
- **2019-02-11** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** House Comm - Reconsider actions
- **2019-02-14** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-02-14** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-20** to Senate
- **2019-02-21** received from House
- **2019-02-21** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-02-22** concurs with House amendment
- **2019-02-22** to House
- **2019-02-25** received from Senate
- **2019-02-25** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2019-02-25** to Senate
- **2019-02-25** received from House
- **2019-02-25** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-26** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2019-02-26** 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`
- **2019-03-27** 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/a84629c0-abb4-4a7f-b235-d6b96971b41d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).