---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Emergency Services Amendments"
description: "Behavioral Emergency Services Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Utah SB 53 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Health", "Department of Human Services", "Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness", "Health", "Health Care Professionals", "Human Services", "Local Mental Health Authorities", "Mental Health", "Mental Health Facilities", "Mental Health Professionals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/360044b5-5ced-4ca1-817e-e8e51f2676ec"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0053.html"
source_hash: "0d0977c057375e69943e552ad3afe80c7af28fc1025ecee06c8dbe6486696aac"
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 53 (2021) — Behavioral Emergency Services 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/SB0053.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0053.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0053.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Burton, Jefferson S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-05** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-01-05** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **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 - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **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** circled
- **2021-01-28** uncircled
- **2021-01-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-01-28** to House
- **2021-01-28** received from Senate
- **2021-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2021-03-02** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-03** to Senate
- **2021-03-03** received from House
- **2021-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-03** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-03-03** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **2021-03-04** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/360044b5-5ced-4ca1-817e-e8e51f2676ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).