---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 153 Medical Cannabis Governance Study"
description: "S.B. 153 Medical Cannabis Governance Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 153"
citation: "Utah SB 153 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Agriculture and Food", "Department of Agriculture and Food", "Legislative Operations", "Medical Cannabis"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Gene"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfa0a5e8-3ed9-4066-8533-c8b5f8fadb6f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0153.html"
source_hash: "b89594365460ac4bf3f49aa264454b1feecac0b3ec0e9988b09c7c22a94a0b5a"
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 153 (2022) — S.B. 153 Medical Cannabis Governance Study

## 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/sbillint/SB0153S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0153.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–3** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis, Gene — primary (person)
- Ferry, Joel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-10** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-10** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-16** to House
- **2022-02-16** received from Senate
- **2022-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2022-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2022-02-23** comm rpt/substituted/Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-23** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2022-02-24** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-24** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** comm rpt/substituted/Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-02** to Senate
- **2022-03-02** received from House
- **2022-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-03** concurs with House amendment
- **2022-03-03** to House
- **2022-03-03** received from Senate
- **2022-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-03-03** to Senate
- **2022-03-03** received from House
- **2022-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-04** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-04** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-04** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-21** 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/bfa0a5e8-3ed9-4066-8533-c8b5f8fadb6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).