---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 27 Behavioral Health System Amendments"
description: "S.B. 27 Behavioral Health System Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Utah SB 27 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Committees", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Legislative Operations", "Substance Abuse and Mental Health", "Sunsets and Repealers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-12-21"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a48203c6-378f-48ef-9661-68e3b9302af3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0027.html"
source_hash: "6369c2626f75639de5f3e0e4971098f0297f065775b1ea5995f30359b2681029"
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 27 (2024) — S.B. 27 Behavioral Health System 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/SB0027S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0027S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0027.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-02** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-17** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-02** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2024-02-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-04** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-05** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-02-09** floor amendment # 2
- **2024-02-09** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** floor amendment # 3
- **2024-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-12** to House
- **2024-02-12** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** to House Health and Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-20** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **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
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** 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/a48203c6-378f-48ef-9661-68e3b9302af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).