---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 68 Mental Health Counselor Licensing Amendments"
description: "S.B. 68 Mental Health Counselor Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 68"
citation: "Utah S.B. 68 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Mental Health", "Labor & Employment", "Mental Health Professionals", "Human Services", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiler, Todd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39e08446-842e-4758-9a29-68aec64d5d22"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0068.html"
source_hash: "5ab8dbce97f29bc340dadcf680f3f33b5876fe3430605aa22fde0081838bc2d8"
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. 68 (2020) — S.B. 68 Mental Health Counselor Licensing 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/SB0068S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0068.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiler, Todd — primary (person)
- Ferry, Joel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-31** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-03** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-03** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2020-02-10** floor amendment # 1
- **2020-02-10** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-11** to House
- **2020-02-11** received from Senate
- **2020-02-11** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2020-02-23** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2020-02-24** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2020-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-26** to Senate
- **2020-02-27** received from House
- **2020-02-27** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-02-28** concurs with House amendment
- **2020-02-28** to House
- **2020-02-28** received from Senate
- **2020-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-02-28** to Senate
- **2020-03-02** received from House
- **2020-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-02** 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/39e08446-842e-4758-9a29-68aec64d5d22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).