---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death Certificate Amendments"
description: "Death Certificate Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 171"
citation: "Utah HB 171 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Funeral and Death Care Services", "Health Care Professionals", "Health and Human Services", "Medical Records", "Vital Statistics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa9e2080-c6d2-4a71-a80f-f6a955cb5e72"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0171.html"
source_hash: "03aea92832bb2db4ca61c1f3f2ea9f748f38247c260bd91885efd997b3356240"
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 171 (2024) — Death Certificate 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0171.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillamd/HB0171.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0171.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-05** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-12** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** to House Health and Human Services Committee
- **2024-01-23** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-01-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** floor amendment # 2
- **2024-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-01** to Senate
- **2024-02-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-15** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-15** to House
- **2024-02-15** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-15** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-16** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-08** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-08** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** 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/fa9e2080-c6d2-4a71-a80f-f6a955cb5e72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).