---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 79 Insurance Policy Notification Amendments"
description: "S.B. 79 Insurance Policy Notification Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Utah SB 79 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Insurance", "Life Insurance and Annuities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/066bc87b-bbc6-4ed4-a2b6-35e9f42e2481"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0079.html"
source_hash: "d0a13d6516ddd447f2b4d653257ca0a5d2d7b437535e808fede26e07ced5d265"
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 79 (2021) — S.B. 79 Insurance Policy Notification 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/SB0079S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0079S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0079.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-11** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** circled
- **2021-02-08** uncircled
- **2021-02-08** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-09** to House
- **2021-02-09** received from Senate
- **2021-02-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-19** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2021-02-19** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-19** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2021-02-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-24** to Senate
- **2021-02-24** received from House
- **2021-02-24** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-25** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-02-25** to House
- **2021-02-25** received from Senate
- **2021-02-25** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-25** to Senate
- **2021-02-25** received from House
- **2021-02-25** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** 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`
- **2021-03-16** 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/066bc87b-bbc6-4ed4-a2b6-35e9f42e2481`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).