---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary Practice Amendments"
description: "Veterinary Practice Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "Utah HB 187 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kohler, Mike L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23b72409-ef2c-403b-8cc5-9bd07fb97c04"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0187.html"
source_hash: "ed1dfebfedf2608c2d642607c6faea478bc1db5c3405391571fc88191f914eca"
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 187 (2023) — Veterinary Practice 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0187.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillamd/HB0187.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0187.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed — **2–5** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kohler, Mike L. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-09** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-01-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-01-30** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-02** to Senate
- **2023-02-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-06** Senate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed `failure`
- **2023-02-14** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-14** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-17** to House with amendments
- **2023-02-17** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-17** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-02-21** circled
- **2023-02-21** uncircled
- **2023-02-21** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** to Senate
- **2023-02-21** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-21** to House
- **2023-02-22** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** 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/23b72409-ef2c-403b-8cc5-9bd07fb97c04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).