---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Amendments"
description: "Mental Health Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 219"
citation: "Utah H.B. 219 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health", "Human Services", "Medicaid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnigan, James A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9435171c-78c3-40b0-afdc-9aad0e3ae712"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0219.html"
source_hash: "b94de9a51d98f207c16b37355b332d63dbabfe1e0d0e3737d6405f6e5e1150e9"
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. 219 (2020) — Mental Health Amendments

## 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/HB0219.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0219.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunnigan, James A. — primary (person)
- Christensen, Allen M. — 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`
- **2020-02-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-11** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-20** to Senate
- **2020-02-21** received from House
- **2020-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2020-03-10** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-10** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-10** to House
- **2020-03-10** received from Senate
- **2020-03-10** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-11** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-11** 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`
- **2020-03-28** 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/9435171c-78c3-40b0-afdc-9aad0e3ae712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).