---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances Act Amendments"
description: "Controlled Substances Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "Utah HB 173 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Controlled Substances Database", "Health and Human Services", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cutler, Paul A."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-10T21:16:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T00:08:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2946c458-622d-48ab-a787-386587776105"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0173.html"
source_hash: "5f507ec3531292084054562b567ecc85dbff4fd37096d43967e705e462ae774f"
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 173 (2025) — Controlled Substances Act 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/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0173.xml)
2. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB173H10.pdf)
3. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB173H10.pdf)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB173S10.pdf)
5. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB173S10.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0173.xml)

## Sponsors

- Cutler, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10T21:16:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-01-10T21:16:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-15T19:16:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T16:10:00+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T22:29:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-29T19:21:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31T21:35:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03T18:17:00+00:00** House/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03T18:17:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-10T22:25:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-10T22:30:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-10T22:30:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-11T17:19:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-11T18:16:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-14T17:12:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T16:04:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19T18:33:00+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19T18:33:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-02-26T18:49:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-26T18:51:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T18:28:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2025-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-02-27T20:24:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-02-27T20:24:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-03T16:06:00+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2025-03-03T16:06:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-07T16:42:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07T16:42:00+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-12T17:35:00+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-12T17:35:00+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T00:08:00+00:00** 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/2946c458-622d-48ab-a787-386587776105`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).