---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 46 Health and Human Services Amendments"
description: "S.B. 46 Health and Human Services Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Utah SB 46 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Health and Human Services", "Health and Human Services", "Human Services Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy, Michael S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-12-29"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f2154f-0b7e-42e1-9ab2-89e8f00b1875"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0046.html"
source_hash: "d986a18f88e3dcb32df832aaec6417f29986a8b52e3c48c7d34c57033cd204fc"
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 46 (2024) — S.B. 46 Health and Human Services 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/SB0046S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0046S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0046.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kennedy, Michael S. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — 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
- **2024-01-03** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-16** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-01-16** to House
- **2024-01-17** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** to House Health and Human Services Committee
- **2024-01-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-01-24** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2024-01-30** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-01-31** circled
- **2024-02-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-07** uncircled
- **2024-02-07** floor amendment # 2
- **2024-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-07** to Senate
- **2024-02-08** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-08** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-09** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-09** to House
- **2024-02-12** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-12** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-12** to Senate
- **2024-02-12** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-12** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-12** 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** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-14** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0f2154f-0b7e-42e1-9ab2-89e8f00b1875`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).