---
type: "Bill"
title: "Therapy Animals Amendments"
description: "Therapy Animals Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 426"
citation: "Utah HB 426 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Education", "Health", "Human Services", "K-12 Education", "Mental Health", "School Districts", "Student health and safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judkins, Marsha"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1019c355-31e8-4501-9f5d-ff062816de7f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0426.html"
source_hash: "733e15b1620d5199683508f81f040cd86821fb0a7eef2cba4ca0da7143dd26ef"
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 426 (2021) — Therapy Animals 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/HB0426.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0426.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0426.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **59–11** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **17–12** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judkins, Marsha — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-23** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-02-24** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-26** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-03-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-02** to Senate
- **2021-03-03** received from House
- **2021-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **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
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** 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/1019c355-31e8-4501-9f5d-ff062816de7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).