---
type: "Bill"
title: "Competency Amendments"
description: "Competency Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 207"
citation: "Utah HB 207 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Facilities", "Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Health Care Professionals", "Health and Human Services", "Insanity Defense/Competency", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Mental Health", "Utah State Hospital"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbott, Nelson T."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-09T19:30:47+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:45:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67377517-8544-4acd-af2a-2b5fa44ae2f6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0207.html"
source_hash: "22c0a1b254e11729986dfa9ea3bb9427a71555ca1d419acfb38e7a95750fe606"
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 207 (2026) — Competency 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/HB0207.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0207 To HB0207S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0207S01 To HB0207S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0207S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0207S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0207.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abbott, Nelson T. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09T19:30:47+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-09T19:30:47+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-09T19:30:49+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0207
- **2026-01-09T19:30:49+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0207
- **2026-01-14T21:05:03+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T23:13:34+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0207
- **2026-01-16T23:13:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0207
- **2026-01-20T16:23:39+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-04T19:21:06+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Judiciary Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T22:55:08+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0207S01
- **2026-02-04T22:55:08+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0207S01
- **2026-02-05T22:04:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0207S01
- **2026-02-05T22:04:50+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0207S01
- **2026-02-05T23:30:15+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-05T23:30:28+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Judiciary Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T18:20:41+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Judiciary Committee]
- **2026-02-06T18:20:42+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-17T21:30:31+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17T21:32:55+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-17T21:32:57+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-17T23:12:41+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T17:27:28+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-19T21:58:28+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27T16:05:04+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0207S02
- **2026-02-27T16:05:04+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0207S02
- **2026-02-28T00:39:43+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-02-28T00:40:05+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T13:44:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0207S02
- **2026-03-02T13:44:20+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0207S02
- **2026-03-02T17:36:23+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee]
- **2026-03-02T17:36:24+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:06+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T22:29:59+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T23:39:08+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T23:41:18+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T23:41:19+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-06T01:08:48+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T01:08:49+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T01:44:38+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-06T01:44:39+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T18:01:12+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T18:01:13+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T18:01:14+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T22:35:33+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T22:35:34+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T15:37:39+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T15:37:42+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T16:21:03+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T16:21:08+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T17:30:02+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T17:30:04+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:45:00+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/67377517-8544-4acd-af2a-2b5fa44ae2f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).