---
type: "Bill"
title: "Organ Donation Amendments"
description: "Organ Donation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 117"
citation: "Utah HB 117 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Health and Human Services", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Health and Human Services", "Individual Income Tax", "Revenue and Taxation", "State Tax Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Doug"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-30T17:55:52+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:38:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f09f8535-7f97-4caf-94c1-64f9b3165e97"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0117.html"
source_hash: "05ff823220eb1fefa6cbe3423c1b1f33e93dfc6baff1b3be9efa33077d651207"
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 117 (2026) — Organ Donation 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/2026/bills/introduced/HB0117.xml)
2. **Amended 2/2/2026 11:02:594** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0117_2026-02-02_11-30-13.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/2/2026 11:02:594** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0117_2026-02-02_11-30-13.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0117 To HB0117S01.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0117.Hamd.1.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0117S01.xml)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0117.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **59–10** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens, Doug — primary (person)
- Musselman, Calvin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-30T17:55:52+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-30T17:55:52+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-30T17:55:55+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0117
- **2025-12-30T17:55:55+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0117
- **2026-01-13T22:49:32+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0117
- **2026-01-14T23:04:54+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-15T17:29:29+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0117
- **2026-01-20T16:17:03+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-28T19:10:09+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T21:21:36+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-30T21:21:51+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02T18:16:01+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Health and Human Services Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-02T18:16:02+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-10T22:32:05+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0117S01
- **2026-02-10T22:32:05+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0117S01
- **2026-02-10T22:42:50+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T22:43:40+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-10T22:56:57+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-10T22:57:31+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-10T23:01:28+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-10T23:01:30+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-11T14:49:51+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-11T22:57:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0117S01
- **2026-02-12T17:25:58+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0117S01
- **2026-02-12T17:32:52+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-13T17:17:19+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T16:04:52+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18T21:38:15+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18T21:38:16+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25T21:29:31+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-25T21:32:23+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26T17:35:14+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T17:35:27+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-26T18:07:56+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-26T18:10:36+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-26T18:10:37+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-26T18:10:38+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-26T19:32:29+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T19:32:30+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-02T15:39:43+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-02T15:39:44+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-02T23:48:28+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02T23:48:32+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T20:24:12+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T20:24:14+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:38:00+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/f09f8535-7f97-4caf-94c1-64f9b3165e97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).