---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long Term Care Ombudsman Amendments"
description: "Long Term Care Ombudsman Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 36"
citation: "Utah HB 36 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/374415e7-4b2b-4f96-a031-d1e29e74f629"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0036.html"
source_hash: "37b1b0abc27f7e41e5b8dece9d9ada182d799e81833be80191eb9d0edc423026"
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 36 (2023) — Long Term Care Ombudsman 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/HB0036.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0036.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Escamilla, Luz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-12-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-04** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-17** to Senate
- **2023-01-17** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-01-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-02** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-02** to House
- **2023-02-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-14** 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`
- **2023-03-15** 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/374415e7-4b2b-4f96-a031-d1e29e74f629`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).