---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 171 Health Care Practitioner Liability Amendments"
description: "S.B. 171 Health Care Practitioner Liability Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "Utah SB 171 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullimore, Kirk A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94d62868-0bf4-421d-b78f-bd395260dc6b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0171.html"
source_hash: "98ed9cdcdb40fe89467847bebc1f0ab288c404664a832d6fa9f5ff3eea5cc806"
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 SB 171 (2023) — S.B. 171 Health Care Practitioner Liability 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/sbillint/SB0171S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0171.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **67–3** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cullimore, Kirk A. — primary (person)
- Lisonbee, Karianne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-03** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** circled
- **2023-02-23** uncircled
- **2023-02-23** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-24** to House
- **2023-02-27** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2023-02-28** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2023-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-28** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2023-03-02** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-03-02** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-02** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** 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/94d62868-0bf4-421d-b78f-bd395260dc6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).