---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Commitment Examiner Requirements"
description: "Civil Commitment Examiner Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 94"
citation: "Utah HB 94 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Commitment", "Insanity Defense/Competency", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Local Mental Health Authorities", "Mental Health Facilities", "Mental Health Professionals", "Utah State Hospital"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbott, Nelson T."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-12-29"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f07d5e74-923f-45fd-85f6-fa8396853e91"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0094.html"
source_hash: "be4e7ecfbf4f8ed0b58647602a77ec28678f993f9809031b61a1ffc0132ad579"
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 94 (2024) — Civil Commitment Examiner Requirements

## 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/HB0094.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0094.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abbott, Nelson T. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-12-29** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-11** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-01-12** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-19** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-29** to Senate
- **2024-01-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-09** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-09** to House
- **2024-02-12** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-12** 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/f07d5e74-923f-45fd-85f6-fa8396853e91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).