---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 233 Medical Cannabis Amendments"
description: "S.B. 233 Medical Cannabis Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Utah SB 233 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture & Food", "Department of Agriculture and Food", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Medical Cannabis"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50a1415b-9d12-413f-83d6-8df71ead4a01"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0233.html"
source_hash: "9edec66ad152d7e413e2646d2ac5508d5356f2c1cda6c057400a71baf592d924"
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 233 (2024) — S.B. 233 Medical Cannabis 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/sbillint/SB0233S03.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0233S03.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0233.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **21–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Ward, Raymond P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-02-12** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-02-13** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-14** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-02-14** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-15** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** circled
- **2024-02-16** uncircled
- **2024-02-16** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-02-20** circled
- **2024-02-22** uncircled
- **2024-02-22** floor amendment # 2
- **2024-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-22** to House
- **2024-02-22** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2024-02-27** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** 2nd reading/returned to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-28** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2024-03-01** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-03-01** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** 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/50a1415b-9d12-413f-83d6-8df71ead4a01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).