---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 244 Fetal Exposure Reporting and Treatment Amendments"
description: "H.B. 244 Fetal Exposure Reporting and Treatment Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 244"
citation: "Utah H.B. 244 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abuse", "Neglect", "or Dependency", "Substance Abuse", "Health", "Department of Health", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Child Welfare", "Health Care Professionals", "Human Services", "Department of Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/928ff45a-0086-4e55-ad61-47a7684c7f4d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0244.html"
source_hash: "c42cef00376cad5381c0188f2667c8c67303c8b359bb0b2f38c5d11224f8422f"
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. 244 (2020) — H.B. 244 Fetal Exposure Reporting and Treatment 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/HB0244S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0244.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
- Christensen, Allen M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-03** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-04** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-10** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-14** to Senate
- **2020-02-18** received from House
- **2020-02-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** to Senate Health and Human Services 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 & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2020-03-10** to Rules
- **2020-03-10** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-10** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-11** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-03-11** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-11** to House
- **2020-03-11** received from Senate
- **2020-03-11** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-12** 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/928ff45a-0086-4e55-ad61-47a7684c7f4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).