---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 97 Charitable Prescription Drug Recycling Program Amendments"
description: "S.B. 97 Charitable Prescription Drug Recycling Program Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Utah SB 97 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Commerce", "Health", "Health Care Professionals", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons", "Pharmacies", "Physicians and Surgeons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a98d887-24bf-4a09-9d3d-6f0f6b7ed28d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0097.html"
source_hash: "d9a8c6bff40bbb3994dc32807c457bc3b6de991164885d18c56529e3181c341f"
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 97 (2021) — S.B. 97 Charitable Prescription Drug Recycling Program 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/SB0097S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0097.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Nelson, Merrill F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-14** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-01-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-28** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **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** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-17** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-17** to Senate
- **2021-02-17** received from House
- **2021-02-17** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-22** 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/2a98d887-24bf-4a09-9d3d-6f0f6b7ed28d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).