---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 178 Pharmacy Practice Modifications"
description: "H.B. 178 Pharmacy Practice Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 178"
citation: "Utah HB 178 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Department of Commerce", "Diseases Control and Prevention", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Immunizations", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Pharmacies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurston, Norman K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dae2aea-0db0-4d96-ae77-93e5af9a5d8a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0178.html"
source_hash: "1455c9d1a6716c02b2bcb1b196d8686e4d234deac7e43755fa8a5183fba9c13c"
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 178 (2021) — H.B. 178 Pharmacy Practice Modifications

## 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/HB0178S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0178.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **66–5** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thurston, Norman K. — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-29** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2021-02-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-10** circled
- **2021-02-11** uncircled
- **2021-02-11** circled
- **2021-02-11** uncircled
- **2021-02-11** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-11** to Senate
- **2021-02-12** received from House
- **2021-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-15** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-16** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** circled
- **2021-02-24** uncircled
- **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
- **2021-03-09** 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`
- **2021-03-16** 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/0dae2aea-0db0-4d96-ae77-93e5af9a5d8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).