---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 135 Dental Practice Act Amendments"
description: "S.B. 135 Dental Practice Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 135"
citation: "Utah S.B. 135 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Professionals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christensen, Allen M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2438f71a-bdd0-4337-8061-c6d9dfc20f2b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0135.html"
source_hash: "4c034d601b17d3c73f4ee64821043e000056bd5ac00d26a05bc8daf39005965c"
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 S.B. 135 (2020) — S.B. 135 Dental Practice Act 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/sbillint/SB0135S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillamd/SB0135S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0135.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christensen, Allen M. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-13** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-19** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** circled
- **2020-02-27** uncircled
- **2020-02-27** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2020-02-27** floor amendment # 1
- **2020-02-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-28** to House
- **2020-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-28** received from Senate
- **2020-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-03-03** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2020-03-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-03-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** circled
- **2020-03-12** uncircled
- **2020-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-12** to Senate
- **2020-03-12** received from House
- **2020-03-12** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-12** concurs with House amendment
- **2020-03-12** to House
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-03-12** to Senate
- **2020-03-12** received from House
- **2020-03-12** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-28** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-28** 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/2438f71a-bdd0-4337-8061-c6d9dfc20f2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).