---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social Services Funding Amendments"
description: "Social Services Funding Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 599"
citation: "Utah HB 599 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentists and Dental Hygienists", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Health Care Professionals", "Health Insurance", "Health and Human Services", "Medicaid", "Tobacco and Other Nicotine Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-25T15:02:53+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:01:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2db73e60-e292-4caf-bc99-b0014c4af186"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0599.html"
source_hash: "8a6cfbae0f522323f314791b9842df7718054abfc02937c2c4c2c1e477fae967"
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 599 (2026) — Social Services Funding 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/HB0599.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0599 To HB0599S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0599S01 To HB0599S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0599S02 To HB0599S03.pdf)
5. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0599S01.xml)
6. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0599S02.xml)
7. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0599S03.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0599.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **69–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
- Stratton, Keven J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-25T15:02:53+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-25T15:02:53+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-25T15:02:57+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0599
- **2026-02-25T15:02:57+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0599
- **2026-02-25T16:11:24+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T17:13:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-01T00:25:56+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0599
- **2026-03-01T00:29:33+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0599
- **2026-03-02T02:05:31+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0599S01
- **2026-03-02T02:05:31+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0599S01
- **2026-03-02T16:03:13+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-03-02T19:11:41+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-02T19:12:06+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Rules Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T21:14:46+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-02T21:14:47+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03T10:55:40+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0599S01
- **2026-03-03T14:17:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0599S01
- **2026-03-03T15:39:30+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0599S02
- **2026-03-03T15:39:30+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0599S02
- **2026-03-03T17:01:24+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0599S03
- **2026-03-03T17:01:24+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0599S03
- **2026-03-03T17:54:14+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03T17:54:59+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-03-03T17:58:38+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-03T17:58:40+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-03T18:27:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0599S02
- **2026-03-03T18:27:21+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0599S03
- **2026-03-03T18:45:53+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T18:47:29+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-03T20:30:52+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0599S02
- **2026-03-03T20:31:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0599S03
- **2026-03-04T01:41:17+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T03:48:38+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0599S03
- **2026-03-04T15:23:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0599S03
- **2026-03-04T22:28:03+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:01:06+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:01:07+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T00:08:09+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T02:21:26+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T02:24:32+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T02:24:33+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T02:24:34+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T15:44:13+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T15:44:14+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T16:36:06+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T16:36:08+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-10T21:25:05+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10T21:25:07+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`
- **2026-03-25T16:01:00+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/2db73e60-e292-4caf-bc99-b0014c4af186`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).