---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Cannabis Electronic Verification System Deadline Amendments"
description: "Medical Cannabis Electronic Verification System Deadline Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "Utah SB 81 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Agriculture & Food", "Department of Health", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Medical Cannabis", "Nursing Homes", "Pharmacies", "Skilled Nursing Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e28a9b41-7fea-484c-a11d-12a2adcdc6cc"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0081.html"
source_hash: "d352c9187dde375eb87ba2f3beb477af7e0a8345d4e2b0a0f53ca733ac63d5b0"
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 81 (2021) — Medical Cannabis Electronic Verification System Deadline 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/SB0081.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0081.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Francis D. — 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
- **2021-01-11** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-03** to House
- **2021-02-03** received from Senate
- **2021-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2021-02-11** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **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
- **2021-02-18** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-18** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-02-18** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-02-18** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-02-25** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-02-25** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-25** 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/e28a9b41-7fea-484c-a11d-12a2adcdc6cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).