---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 26 Behavioral Health Licensing Amendments"
description: "S.B. 26 Behavioral Health Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "Utah SB 26 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Committees", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Division of Professional Licensing", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Health Care", "Mental Health", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Sunsets and Repealers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-12-20"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec7994e1-c45f-4025-89ef-71dc3f54a83c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0026.html"
source_hash: "46282e1d22b40cb8082d7cd5fc46d2ca3975c7a8c8d98cc5879755f640d1b034"
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 26 (2024) — S.B. 26 Behavioral Health Licensing 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/SB0026S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0026S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0026.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- failed — **10–16** (fail) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **17–5** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- Maloy, A. Cory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-02** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-12** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** to Senate Business and Labor Committee
- **2024-02-13** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-02-13** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** circled
- **2024-02-20** uncircled
- **2024-02-20** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** circled
- **2024-02-22** uncircled
- **2024-02-22** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-22** circled
- **2024-02-22** uncircled
- **2024-02-22** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-02-22** circled
- **2024-02-22** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-23** uncircled
- **2024-02-23** floor amendment # 4
- **2024-02-23** failed `failure`
- **2024-02-23** filed `filing`
- **2024-02-23** motion to reconsider
- **2024-02-23** floor amendment # 5
- **2024-02-23** circled
- **2024-02-23** uncircled
- **2024-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-23** to House
- **2024-02-23** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** to House Business and Labor Committee
- **2024-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** 2nd reading/returned to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-28** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-19** 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/ec7994e1-c45f-4025-89ef-71dc3f54a83c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).