---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 73 Drug Testing Amendments"
description: "H.B. 73 Drug Testing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 73"
citation: "Utah HB 73 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Welfare", "Courts", "Department of Human Services", "Division of Child and Family Services", "Guardian Ad Litem", "Human Services", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watkins, Christine F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-30"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/014df9dc-6535-4131-bae6-0c10a10cc908"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0073.html"
source_hash: "2661fa1b5d90d902968a925ba2975d9c64fab1c58b4900fe680e8f8535fd48c8"
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 73 (2021) — H.B. 73 Drug Testing 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/HB0073S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0073.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watkins, Christine F. — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-30** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-30** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-09** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2021-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2021-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-16** to Senate
- **2021-02-16** received from House
- **2021-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4
- **2021-02-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-19** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-19** 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** to House with amendments
- **2021-02-25** received from Senate
- **2021-02-25** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-26** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-02-26** to Senate
- **2021-02-26** received from House
- **2021-02-26** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-26** to House
- **2021-02-26** received from Senate
- **2021-02-26** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** 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/014df9dc-6535-4131-bae6-0c10a10cc908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).