---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 118 Children's Hearing Aid Program Amendments"
description: "H.B. 118 Children's Hearing Aid Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "Utah HB 118 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Health", "Disabilities", "Health", "Maternal and Child Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shipp, Rex P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e21596ce-eb6e-4d91-b1b4-539d64c21ec5"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0118.html"
source_hash: "6ce9f2136d82870b617adcc0191c9f3ad3e6cc9ab9fc3e068a6cbef13de0f8be"
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 HB 118 (2021) — H.B. 118 Children's Hearing Aid Program 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/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0118S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0118S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0118.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 5 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shipp, Rex P. — primary (person)
- Escamilla, Luz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-13** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-01-29** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 5
- **2021-01-29** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2021-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-05** to Senate
- **2021-02-05** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-08** received from House
- **2021-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-10** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-02-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-18** to House with amendments
- **2021-02-18** received from Senate
- **2021-02-18** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-19** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-02-19** to Senate
- **2021-02-19** received from House
- **2021-02-19** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-19** to House
- **2021-02-19** received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** 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/e21596ce-eb6e-4d91-b1b4-539d64c21ec5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).