---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extension for Controlled Substance Prescription Requirements"
description: "Extension for Controlled Substance Prescription Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 47"
citation: "Utah HB 47 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Health", "Legislative Operations", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Opioids", "Sunsets and Repealers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c8c0375-3543-4ff6-916a-cfcfffddf7b6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0047.html"
source_hash: "0a990afa541156c5674ef7ebdba02b43ca535d2b6b2ce0f3ede99ded0eac51be"
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 47 (2022) — Extension for Controlled Substance Prescription Requirements

## 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/HB0047.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0047.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-12-17** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-12-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-12** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-01-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-19** circled
- **2022-01-19** uncircled
- **2022-01-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-01-19** to Senate
- **2022-01-20** received from House
- **2022-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-03** to House
- **2022-02-03** received from Senate
- **2022-02-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-15** 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`
- **2022-03-15** 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/3c8c0375-3543-4ff6-916a-cfcfffddf7b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).