---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary Technician Certification Amendments"
description: "Veterinary Technician Certification Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 455"
citation: "Utah H.B. 455 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Natural Resources", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Animal Health", "Veterinary Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-02"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ce44c45-9f25-42e5-b897-8d841570ed0a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0455.html"
source_hash: "caede8005f54d2f9a7b20adb2523bd1b5dee07dfb64b3281d607e2a72cd888ba"
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. 455 (2020) — Veterinary Technician Certification 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/HB0455.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0455.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0455.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Hemmert, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-03-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-03-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-03-03** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-03-04** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-03-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-03-04** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-03-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-09** to Senate
- **2020-03-10** received from House
- **2020-03-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-10** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-10** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `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`
- **2020-03-31** 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/7ce44c45-9f25-42e5-b897-8d841570ed0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).