---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Inspector General of Medicaid Services Amendments"
description: "Office of Inspector General of Medicaid Services Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Utah SB 147 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Government Operations", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Health Insurance", "Health and Human Services", "Legislative Operations", "Legislative Organization", "Legislative Staff Offices", "Medicaid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 60
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-16T20:18:17+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdc53e49-5f9f-426a-af49-b7df305c56b3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0147.html"
source_hash: "92fe1cd54af11ba4839bb077e432a6d80b5d357e6d3c0328437ff3ae6dcb73c7"
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 SB 147 (2026) — Office of Inspector General of Medicaid Services 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/SB0147.xml)
2. **Amended 3/6/2026 11:03:209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0147S03_2026-03-06_11-20-40.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 3/6/2026 11:03:209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0147S03_2026-03-06_11-20-40.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0147 To SB0147S01.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0147S01 To SB0147S02.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0147S02 To SB0147S03.pdf)
7. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0147S03.Hamd.1.pdf)
8. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0147S01.xml)
9. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0147S02.xml)
10. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0147S03.xml)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0147.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Thurston, Norman K — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16T20:18:17+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-16T20:18:17+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-16T20:18:21+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0147
- **2026-01-16T20:18:21+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0147
- **2026-01-19T15:28:19+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T04:44:26+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0147
- **2026-01-20T07:18:27+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0147
- **2026-01-20T18:07:25+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:28:52+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T16:49:58+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0147S01
- **2026-01-21T16:49:58+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0147S01
- **2026-01-21T18:20:20+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-22T03:35:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0147S01
- **2026-01-22T18:15:59+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-22T18:19:32+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-01-22T18:21:15+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-23T18:25:42+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-23T18:25:55+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-01-24T00:47:26+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0147S01
- **2026-02-14T00:33:12+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0147S02
- **2026-02-14T00:33:12+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0147S02
- **2026-02-17T17:56:43+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-17T17:59:14+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-17T18:00:50+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-17T18:00:51+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-17T20:01:50+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T21:12:22+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0147S02
- **2026-02-17T21:13:49+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-18T15:54:41+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0147S02
- **2026-02-18T18:57:43+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Government Operations Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T23:34:06+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Government Operations Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T17:19:37+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Government Operations Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T17:19:38+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T18:32:01+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-03T21:50:11+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0147S03
- **2026-03-03T21:50:11+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0147S03
- **2026-03-04T03:01:11+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0147S03
- **2026-03-04T03:13:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0147S03
- **2026-03-05T19:31:56+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T17:53:33+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T17:56:42+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-03-06T17:57:06+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-06T17:58:12+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:58:14+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T21:18:50+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T21:18:51+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T21:54:40+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:54:41+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T23:01:28+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T23:01:29+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-06T23:01:30+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T03:59:01+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:59:02+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T14:37:07+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T14:37:09+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T19:55:50+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T19:55:56+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T15:48:26+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T15:48:28+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:30:00+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/fdc53e49-5f9f-426a-af49-b7df305c56b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).