---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid Dental Waiver Amendments"
description: "Medicaid Dental Waiver Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "Utah SB 19 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentists and Dental Hygienists", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Professionals", "Health Insurance", "Medicaid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/042d728b-6b94-4dc5-bfe5-cff7ca0d4e63"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0019.html"
source_hash: "50b43917740b6973f90cd3dcadf7058ce0a67c68aa507c37eebd4507891481f7"
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 19 (2023) — Medicaid Dental Waiver 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/SB0019.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0019.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0019.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **51–15** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-12-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-12-19** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-12-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-01-18** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** floor amendment # 2
- **2023-01-20** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-23** to House
- **2023-01-24** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-01-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** to House Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** circled
- **2023-02-08** uncircled
- **2023-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-08** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-08** to Senate
- **2023-02-09** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Bill Received from Senate 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/042d728b-6b94-4dc5-bfe5-cff7ca0d4e63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).