---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exercise of Religious Beliefs and Conscience Amendments"
description: "Exercise of Religious Beliefs and Conscience Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 174"
citation: "Utah SB 174 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Antidiscrimination", "Emergency Management", "Emergency Medical Services", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Health Care Facilities", "Health Care Professionals", "Health Insurance", "Health and Human Services", "Hospitals", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 10
action_count: 65
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21T19:58:37+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:57:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d8ceb57-79a0-4cd7-9d95-535373b7ea68"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0174.html"
source_hash: "7f79940022a5f311217affccc2f2c19e0361d298e150e520fd609825b00b3be0"
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 174 (2026) — Exercise of Religious Beliefs and Conscience 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/SB0174.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0174 To SB0174S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0174S01 To SB0174S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0174S02 To SB0174S03.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0174S03 To SB0174S04.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0174S01.xml)
7. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0174S02.xml)
8. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0174S03.xml)
9. **Substitute #4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0174S04.xml)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0174.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **54–13** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **20–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- Lisonbee, Karianne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21T19:58:37+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-21T19:58:37+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-21T19:58:41+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0174
- **2026-01-21T19:58:41+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0174
- **2026-01-22T15:16:32+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-22T18:13:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-25T20:37:02+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0174
- **2026-01-27T04:09:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0174
- **2026-01-27T17:14:23+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T18:42:17+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0174S01
- **2026-02-10T18:42:17+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0174S01
- **2026-02-11T08:03:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in Senate Rules Comm [Senate Rules Committee]
- **2026-02-12T01:13:41+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0174S01
- **2026-02-12T17:18:52+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T17:55:06+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0174S01
- **2026-02-17T00:22:33+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0174S02
- **2026-02-17T00:22:33+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0174S02
- **2026-02-18T16:19:01+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-18T16:56:17+00:00** Senate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `failure`
- **2026-02-18T17:11:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0174S01
- **2026-02-18T17:25:54+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0174S01
- **2026-02-18T23:52:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0174S02
- **2026-02-19T23:01:56+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0174S03
- **2026-02-19T23:01:56+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0174S03
- **2026-02-19T23:24:55+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T17:19:12+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-20T17:19:13+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-22T21:56:54+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0174S03
- **2026-02-23T19:06:21+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0174S02
- **2026-02-23T19:07:08+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0174S03
- **2026-02-25T23:52:44+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0174S04
- **2026-02-25T23:52:44+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0174S04
- **2026-02-27T02:08:54+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-27T02:09:09+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-27T03:02:15+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-27T03:05:11+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-27T03:09:48+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27T21:46:16+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27T21:46:46+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-28T00:11:46+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0174S04
- **2026-02-28T20:27:44+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0174S04
- **2026-03-02T22:44:29+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-02T23:01:06+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-02T23:01:07+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-04T15:26:20+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T15:50:25+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-04T16:24:57+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T21:13:04+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:28:48+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:28:50+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-05T00:30:43+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:30:45+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05T00:56:57+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-05T00:59:14+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-05T00:59:15+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-05T00:59:16+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T15:36:09+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T15:36:10+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T15:15:50+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T15:15:51+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T14:54:12+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T14:54:15+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T16:06:17+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T16:06:19+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:57:00+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/4d8ceb57-79a0-4cd7-9d95-535373b7ea68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).