---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 27 Physician Assistant Act Amendments"
description: "S.B. 27 Physician Assistant Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Utah SB 27 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care Professionals", "Physician Assistants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7059b86c-e0a9-4eef-8127-21e49a04c3df"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0027.html"
source_hash: "608680a85340968b3069bb5de477310a83f0480f47b6bc282a80dd1067bacc4c"
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 27 (2021) — S.B. 27 Physician Assistant Act 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/SB0027S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0027.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- Dunnigan, James A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-14** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2021-01-31** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-02** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-02** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2021-02-03** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** circled
- **2021-02-18** uncircled
- **2021-02-18** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-18** to House
- **2021-02-19** received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-23** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **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
- **2021-03-12** 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/7059b86c-e0a9-4eef-8127-21e49a04c3df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).