---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 26 24-7 Sobriety Program Expansion"
description: "H.B. 26 24-7 Sobriety Program Expansion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Utah HB 26 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arrest and Detention", "Controlled Substances", "Crimes", "Department of Public Safety", "Driving Under the Influence (DUI)", "Health", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Utah Highway Patrol"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pitcher, Stephanie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c52e0070-3f4c-4720-9e4d-19f9a607d0da"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0026.html"
source_hash: "9449023acfcb7e2b427aacc8c50355c8c55c804a792ad9ad7e5ad21174efeb3f"
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 26 (2021) — H.B. 26 24-7 Sobriety Program Expansion

## 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/HB0026S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0026S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0026.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pitcher, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Stevenson, Jerry W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** circled
- **2021-01-26** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-11** uncircled
- **2021-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-11** held
- **2021-02-11** to Senate
- **2021-02-12** received from House
- **2021-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-18** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-22** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2021-03-03** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-03** received from Senate
- **2021-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-03** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **2021-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-04** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-05** 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/c52e0070-3f4c-4720-9e4d-19f9a607d0da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).