---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 272 Pharmacy Benefit Amendments"
description: "H.B. 272 Pharmacy Benefit Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 272"
citation: "Utah H.B. 272 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Pharmacies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a9f0075-ef5c-439c-bb2c-d89e1f42f25c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0272.html"
source_hash: "3ab2d6d9866c39afe8e338f67de011de56c574be90c84c9621a82be4106048c3"
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. 272 (2020) — H.B. 272 Pharmacy Benefit 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/HB0272S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0272.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-06** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-11** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-24** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2020-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** circled
- **2020-03-05** uncircled
- **2020-03-05** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2020-03-05** floor amendment # 1
- **2020-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-05** to Senate
- **2020-03-06** received from House
- **2020-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-06** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2020-03-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-03-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-10** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** circled
- **2020-03-10** uncircled
- **2020-03-10** substituted from # 3 to # 4
- **2020-03-10** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-03-10** to House with amendments
- **2020-03-10** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-03-10** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-03-10** received from Senate
- **2020-03-10** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-11** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2020-03-11** to Senate
- **2020-03-11** received from House
- **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/7a9f0075-ef5c-439c-bb2c-d89e1f42f25c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).