---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 203 Involuntary Commitment Amendments"
description: "H.B. 203 Involuntary Commitment Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 203"
citation: "Utah HB 203 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Commitment", "Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Judicial Operations", "Local Mental Health Authorities", "Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbott, Nelson T."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f774dd3b-269a-4b70-bd12-77fee4b8f722"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0203.html"
source_hash: "5f4f4ab23444878734b115f36aa23321f83e91435c639960cf1cfbda8aa8271c"
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 203 (2024) — H.B. 203 Involuntary Commitment 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/HB0203S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0203.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Abbott, Nelson T. — primary (person)
- Pitcher, Stephanie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-31** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-01-31** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-02** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-02-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-13** to Senate
- **2024-02-14** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-02-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-29** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to House with amendments
- **2024-02-29** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-29** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-29** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-29** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to House
- **2024-02-29** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** 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/f774dd3b-269a-4b70-bd12-77fee4b8f722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).