---
type: "Bill"
title: "Organ Donation Preference"
description: "Organ Donation Preference"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 216"
citation: "Utah H.B. 216 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wheatley, Mark A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f2292c9-e3d5-42e3-abc5-95ebd3bfeae7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0216.html"
source_hash: "0e291872a564dc0672252daf0e2b3ea66d573f715e9c1f058c6e2ec71185f1bb"
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. 216 (2020) — Organ Donation Preference

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillint/HB0216.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0216.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wheatley, Mark A. — primary (person)
- Okerlund, Ralph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-29** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-01-30** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-03** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-03** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-13** to Senate
- **2020-02-14** received from House
- **2020-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-27** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-02-27** to House
- **2020-02-27** received from Senate
- **2020-02-27** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-27** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-02-27** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** 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/5f2292c9-e3d5-42e3-abc5-95ebd3bfeae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).