---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 71 Local Health Department Revisions"
description: "H.B. 71 Local Health Department Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 71"
citation: "Utah HB 71 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Health and Human Services", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Karen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-21"
last_action: "2023-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abaa8e44-f13d-4790-ba95-38acc10aa916"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0071.html"
source_hash: "4954334104009f443b509247a6031f2884822258f8a2fae893a1e70663aa4962"
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 71 (2023) — H.B. 71 Local Health Department 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0071S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0071.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Karen M. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-04** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** to House Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-01-19** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-01-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-24** to Senate
- **2023-01-25** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-01-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** floor amendment # 2
- **2023-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2023-02-20** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-20** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-03-03** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** 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/abaa8e44-f13d-4790-ba95-38acc10aa916`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).