---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMS Controlled Substance Licensing Amendments"
description: "EMS Controlled Substance Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 402"
citation: "Utah HB 402 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Department of Public Safety", "Emergency Medical Services", "Health Care Professionals", "Health and Human Services", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilcox, Ryan D."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-27T21:38:04+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:23:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75a3652f-ee62-4e8e-a3c5-a69d9f95a88e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0402.html"
source_hash: "cf1c07222b28d502631781f318b3ffcc603f1d4f9fe80c334adcb40a48afaf50"
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 402 (2026) — EMS Controlled Substance Licensing 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/HB0402.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0402 To HB0402S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0402S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0402.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **66–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilcox, Ryan D. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27T21:38:04+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-27T21:38:04+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-27T21:38:06+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0402
- **2026-01-27T21:38:06+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0402
- **2026-01-28T14:50:38+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T18:51:45+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-02T12:20:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0402
- **2026-02-03T17:11:58+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0402S01
- **2026-02-03T17:11:58+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0402S01
- **2026-02-05T13:15:46+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0402S01
- **2026-02-12T00:05:52+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0402S01
- **2026-02-17T17:26:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-02-17T23:13:03+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T16:53:24+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T21:15:47+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T21:15:48+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-24T22:12:22+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24T22:14:57+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-24T22:14:59+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-24T23:13:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T17:13:30+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-26T21:30:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T23:50:13+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T16:33:02+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T16:33:03+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T18:35:13+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-04T18:37:44+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-04T18:37:45+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-04T18:37:46+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-04T19:24:37+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T19:24:38+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:23:16+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T17:23:19+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-07T09:23:29+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-07T09:23:32+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T19:17:24+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:17:26+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:23:00+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/75a3652f-ee62-4e8e-a3c5-a69d9f95a88e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).