---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 72 Medical Cannabis Governance Revisions"
description: "H.B. 72 Medical Cannabis Governance Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 72"
citation: "Utah HB 72 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Medical Cannabis"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks, Walt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3bb8cc4-294e-4d3b-b73d-1a5fa6ab739c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0072.html"
source_hash: "c515d42f672952509e83a3d24eab73393c74b21bc8c6a575dd1d7461dca77bac"
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 72 (2023) — H.B. 72 Medical Cannabis Governance 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/HB0072S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0072.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 3 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks, Walt — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-11** 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`
- **2023-01-17** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-17** circled
- **2023-01-18** uncircled
- **2023-01-18** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-18** to Senate
- **2023-01-19** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-02-14** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 3
- **2023-02-14** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-14** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-14** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** circled
- **2023-02-16** uncircled
- **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** 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
- **2023-03-10** 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/d3bb8cc4-294e-4d3b-b73d-1a5fa6ab739c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).