---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 28 Physician Assistant Mental Health Practice Amendments"
description: "S.B. 28 Physician Assistant Mental Health Practice Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Utah SB 28 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Commerce", "Health", "Health Care Professionals", "Mental Health", "Mental Health Professionals", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons", "Physician Assistants", "Physicians and Surgeons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4569b26c-d537-441d-8da6-a6f44a59b23d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0028.html"
source_hash: "21d33134dcd15a24978785479eafc08e63ae00b9dc44d9d945bb1f1197ce49c9"
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 28 (2021) — S.B. 28 Physician Assistant Mental Health Practice 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/SB0028S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0028.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (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 - Held
- **2021-01-28** 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
- **2021-03-01** uncircled
- **2021-03-01** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2021-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-01** to House
- **2021-03-01** received from Senate
- **2021-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-04** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **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
- **2021-03-15** 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/4569b26c-d537-441d-8da6-a6f44a59b23d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).