---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 198 Balance Billing Amendments"
description: "S.B. 198 Balance Billing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Utah SB 198 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Department of Health", "Facility Licensing", "Certification", "and Resident Assessment", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Government Records", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Labor & Employment", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Workers' Compensation", "Workplace Safety and Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mayne, Karen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-15"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/506d87d9-8e9a-413f-bcf8-c73558286361"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0198.html"
source_hash: "e9feff2a99fef655ed26fb4b7a86fae48d66c26b7f99386c50854d57e33dd446"
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 198 (2021) — S.B. 198 Balance Billing 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/SB0198S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0198.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mayne, Karen — primary (person)
- Collard, Clare — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** circled
- **2021-02-19** uncircled
- **2021-02-19** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** circled
- **2021-02-23** uncircled
- **2021-02-23** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-23** to House
- **2021-02-23** received from Senate
- **2021-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-02** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-03-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **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** 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
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** 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/506d87d9-8e9a-413f-bcf8-c73558286361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).