---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 78 Behavioral Health Treatment Access Amendments"
description: "H.B. 78 Behavioral Health Treatment Access Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "Utah HB 78 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Local Mental Health Authorities", "Mental Health Professionals", "Substance Abuse and Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-12-22"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d67e539a-b428-4628-89f6-d521791667b2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0078.html"
source_hash: "8222eb4348f54fd1f0e8d8960e6c69d9dd2a1af87200b688641d94d6d06736f8"
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 78 (2023) — H.B. 78 Behavioral Health Treatment Access 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/HB0078S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0078.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Plumb, Jen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-22** 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 Business and Labor 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`
- **2023-01-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-23** circled
- **2023-01-25** uncircled
- **2023-01-25** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-25** to Senate
- **2023-01-26** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-01-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-01-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-01-26** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-03** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-03** to House
- **2023-02-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-03** 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`
- **2023-03-21** 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/d67e539a-b428-4628-89f6-d521791667b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).