---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 127 Human Services Program Amendments"
description: "S.B. 127 Human Services Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Utah SB 127 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Human Services", "Human Services", "Human Services Licensure", "Judicial Operations", "Juveniles", "Mental Health", "Office of Licensing", "Substance Abuse", "Substance Use Disorder Treatment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f17931a8-0464-4aa3-80c1-bff53f335994"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0127.html"
source_hash: "b0845d81980692e6fa893731b51fb39f979bd8a1207e9809180158b66176964f"
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 SB 127 (2021) — S.B. 127 Human Services Program 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/sbillint/SB0127S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0127S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0127.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-25** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-26** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-08** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-09** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2021-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-16** to House
- **2021-02-16** received from Senate
- **2021-02-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2021-03-02** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** floor amendment failed
- **2021-03-02** floor amendment failed
- **2021-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-02** to Senate
- **2021-03-03** received from House
- **2021-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** 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`
- **2021-03-22** 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/f17931a8-0464-4aa3-80c1-bff53f335994`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).