---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Commitment Revisions"
description: "Civil Commitment Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "Utah HB 261 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Commitment", "Department of Human Services", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Health Care Professionals", "Human Services", "Mental Health", "Mental Health Professionals", "Substance Abuse and Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lyman, Phil"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f251871-9c41-4643-806b-356cc6b89fa1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0261.html"
source_hash: "50b8142487b361df3ce0545282d97e1c6ff350dff57863cb481d2ed708830292"
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 HB 261 (2022) — Civil Commitment Revisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0261.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0261.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **19–5** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lyman, Phil — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-27** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-07** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-15** to Senate
- **2022-02-15** received from House
- **2022-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** circled
- **2022-02-24** uncircled
- **2022-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** circled
- **2022-02-25** uncircled
- **2022-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-25** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-25** to House
- **2022-02-25** received from Senate
- **2022-02-25** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-10** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/7f251871-9c41-4643-806b-356cc6b89fa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).