---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 155 Civil Commitment Amendments"
description: "H.B. 155 Civil Commitment Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Utah HB 155 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Human Services", "Human Services", "Judicial Operations", "Substance Abuse and Mental Health", "Utah State Hospital"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbott, Nelson T."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/387bdda5-f42e-4807-b6d7-81080317b3f2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0155.html"
source_hash: "03e01b79aaa73d785af5b994029726f3bfbd63d6a8426d1bf334a96750364ad9"
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 155 (2021) — H.B. 155 Civil Commitment 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/HB0155S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0155.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Abbott, Nelson T. — primary (person)
- Escamilla, Luz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** 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 - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-08** to Senate
- **2021-02-08** received from House
- **2021-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-25** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-25** to House
- **2021-02-25** received from Senate
- **2021-02-25** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-03** 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/387bdda5-f42e-4807-b6d7-81080317b3f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).