---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 41 Mental Health Access Amendments"
description: "S.B. 41 Mental Health Access Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "Utah SB 41 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Benefits and Claims", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Health Care Professionals", "Health Insurance", "Human Services", "Mental Health", "Mental Health Facilities", "Mental Health Professionals", "Substance Abuse and Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-21"
last_action: "2021-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe5347bf-5893-4000-ad47-21ceb4d6f20d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0041.html"
source_hash: "8ce6d582aa77b4e289cd1f616f050a7935ec43a154452eb4149555aab16099fa"
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 41 (2021) — S.B. 41 Mental Health Access 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/SB0041S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0041S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0041.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Barlow, Stewart E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-01-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-21** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-01-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-01-26** to House
- **2021-01-26** received from Senate
- **2021-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-10** to Senate
- **2021-02-11** received from House
- **2021-02-11** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-12** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-02-12** to House
- **2021-02-16** received from Senate
- **2021-02-16** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-16** to Senate
- **2021-02-16** received from House
- **2021-02-16** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-02-25** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-02-25** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-02-25** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-02** 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/fe5347bf-5893-4000-ad47-21ceb4d6f20d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).