---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy Benefit Amendments"
description: "Pharmacy Benefit Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Utah SB 140 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Pharmacies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83878cc8-1d15-4199-b4eb-ecba5fbc5ca6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0140.html"
source_hash: "2ccb712d4ca18b0e9b470153bc6a6f735e23e8b58a794a39be71b31f9c9fbd26"
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 140 (2021) — Pharmacy Benefit 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/SB0140.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0140.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-27** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-01-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-01** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **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** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2021-03-02** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-03** to Senate
- **2021-03-03** received from House
- **2021-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-05** Bill Received from Senate 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`
- **2021-03-17** 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/83878cc8-1d15-4199-b4eb-ecba5fbc5ca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).