---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substance Amendments"
description: "Controlled Substance Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 15"
citation: "Utah HB 15 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Health", "Health Care Professionals", "Human Services", "Nurses", "Opioids", "Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons", "Pharmacies", "Physician Assistants", "Physicians and Surgeons", "Podiatric Physicians", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-15"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/385ecee6-4a60-45ff-8af2-ed85e8b7962e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0015.html"
source_hash: "8095671be85ba254c83d4a1377b124230d66d5bb50d334359008a46259e4dc22"
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 15 (2021) — Controlled Substance 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/HB0015.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0015.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0015.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-12-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-12-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2021-01-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-22** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-01-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-01-25** to Senate
- **2021-01-26** received from House
- **2021-01-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2021-02-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-02-03** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-05** to House with amendments
- **2021-02-05** received from Senate
- **2021-02-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-08** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-02-08** to Senate
- **2021-02-08** received from House
- **2021-02-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-08** to House
- **2021-02-08** received from Senate
- **2021-02-08** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-16** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-16** 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/385ecee6-4a60-45ff-8af2-ed85e8b7962e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).