---
type: "Bill"
title: "Congregate Care Program Amendments"
description: "Congregate Care Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 135"
citation: "Utah HB 135 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Welfare", "Department of Human Services", "Human Services", "Mental Health", "Office of Licensing", "Substance Abuse", "Substance Use Disorder Treatment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judkins, Marsha"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9849221-53cb-4fc6-b959-73f9a84a2712"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0135.html"
source_hash: "23e210a384ef53d1a69a77b159b9d0573e2f0f5475215ff16642291315a5d5a4"
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 135 (2021) — Congregate Care 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/HB0135.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0135.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judkins, Marsha — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-12** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-12** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-13** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-17** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-01-18** fiscal note publicly available
- **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 - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-05** to Senate
- **2021-02-08** received from House
- **2021-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **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
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/f9849221-53cb-4fc6-b959-73f9a84a2712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).