---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 217 Children's Health Coverage Amendments"
description: "S.B. 217 Children's Health Coverage Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 217"
citation: "Utah SB 217 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Health Insurance Program", "Health Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ce6d10c-a680-4c9c-8f5c-e5f0994f6fc3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0217.html"
source_hash: "fd11ad6bc3911265c9f87eaa76fe2b03d6bc1b411b57028be8b8aa215d5b3114"
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 217 (2023) — S.B. 217 Children's Health Coverage 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/SB0217S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0217.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **22–3** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **64–7** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Dunnigan, James A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-13** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-02-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** circled
- **2023-02-23** uncircled
- **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
- **2023-02-24** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** to House Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-02-28** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** circled
- **2023-03-01** uncircled
- **2023-03-01** substituted from # 0 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-03-02** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **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** 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/7ce6d10c-a680-4c9c-8f5c-e5f0994f6fc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).