---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Cannabis Modifications"
description: "Medical Cannabis Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 357"
citation: "Utah HB 357 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Agriculture & Food", "Business", "Controlled Substances", "Health and Human Services", "Medical Cannabis", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 14
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29T21:12:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T14:57:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c6c30a8-a078-4cea-98f8-51cf3e3c0885"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0357.html"
source_hash: "a7f9e31c9f1a5d65e3dd0540051d80c697a8f0b125a85f31c1ecf66e64f575fd"
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 357 (2025) — Medical Cannabis Modifications

## 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/HB0357.xml)
2. **Amended 2/18/2025 14:02:693** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0357S01_2025-02-18_14-00-08.pdf)
3. **Amended 2/24/2025 17:02:651** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0357S01_2025-02-24_17-09-48.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 2/18/2025 14:02:693** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0357S01_2025-02-18_14-00-08.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 2/24/2025 17:02:651** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0357S01_2025-02-24_17-09-48.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0357 To HB0357S01.pdf)
7. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0357S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
8. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0357S01.Hamd.2.pdf)
9. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB357H10.pdf)
10. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB357H10.pdf)
11. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB357S10.pdf)
12. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB357S10.pdf)
13. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0357S01.xml)
14. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0357.xml)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29T21:12:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-01-29T21:12:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-30T17:07:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-30T18:27:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-04T17:02:00+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-02-13T18:17:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T16:14:00+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-02-18T16:15:00+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-18T16:16:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T21:17:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-18T21:17:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-24T23:53:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-24T23:54:00+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2025-02-25T00:01:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-25T00:01:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-25T15:02:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-25T17:22:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-26T21:51:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T15:12:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28T21:45:00+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28T21:45:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T21:43:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T21:25:00+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-08T00:11:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-08T00:16:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-08T00:16:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-08T00:16:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-08T02:40:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-08T02:40:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-08T03:29:00+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2025-03-08T03:29:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-12T16:59:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-12T16:59:00+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-13T15:23:00+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-13T15:23:00+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T14:57:00+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/1c6c30a8-a078-4cea-98f8-51cf3e3c0885`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).