---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 170 Consumer Protection for Cannabis Patients"
description: "S.B. 170 Consumer Protection for Cannabis Patients"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Utah SB 170 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Agriculture and Food", "Department of Health", "Health", "Health Care Professionals", "Medical Cannabis", "Nurses", "Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons", "Physicians and Surgeons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62d64f6c-d148-485f-b369-b9683fe783e5"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0170.html"
source_hash: "96c77b85031aa47147453ff3dd239e8bcd0810cb691a20cc00d1d44a59ea3588"
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 170 (2021) — S.B. 170 Consumer Protection for Cannabis Patients

## 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/SB0170S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0170S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0170.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **62–8** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Ward, Raymond P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-04** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-17** to House
- **2021-02-17** received from Senate
- **2021-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-25** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2021-02-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-05** circled
- **2021-03-05** uncircled
- **2021-03-05** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** 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/62d64f6c-d148-485f-b369-b9683fe783e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).