---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anesthesia Amendments"
description: "Anesthesia Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "Utah SB 197 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentists and Dental Hygienists", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Professionals", "Nurses", "Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons", "Pharmaceuticals", "Physicians and Surgeons", "Podiatric Physicians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy, Michael S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdd8f09a-be30-4265-94a1-ea24897c12dc"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0197.html"
source_hash: "7a6cde775bc52fafe8bac38044f949c2daadf98a9427bdbc3cdea8c862241b6f"
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 197 (2023) — Anesthesia 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/SB0197.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0197.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kennedy, Michael S. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-08** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-02-09** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-12** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-15** to House
- **2023-02-15** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** to House Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** circled
- **2023-03-02** uncircled
- **2023-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** 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** 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/fdd8f09a-be30-4265-94a1-ea24897c12dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).