---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 179 Private Cause of Action for Undisclosed Referral Fees"
description: "H.B. 179 Private Cause of Action for Undisclosed Referral Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "Utah HB 179 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys", "Courts", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbott, Nelson T."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb346e64-897b-4d07-8b4d-5f2ed4940d11"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0179.html"
source_hash: "880dfb2705e157fc89f0034063b361dd7ddf6d07dbd06c8f2ae011ed49d4c993"
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 179 (2021) — H.B. 179 Private Cause of Action for Undisclosed Referral Fees

## 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/HB0179S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0179S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0179.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abbott, Nelson T. — primary (person)
- McCay, Daniel — 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
- **2021-01-22** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-04** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2021-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** floor amendment # 2
- **2021-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-12** to Senate
- **2021-02-16** received from House
- **2021-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-04** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-04** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** circled
- **2021-03-05** uncircled
- **2021-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** 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/fb346e64-897b-4d07-8b4d-5f2ed4940d11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).