---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physical Therapy Payment Amendments"
description: "Physical Therapy Payment Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "Utah SB 204 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Commercial Health Insurance\\\\Managed Care Contracts", "Health Care Professionals", "Health Insurance", "Health and Human Services", "Insurance", "Physical Therapists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-27T20:59:46+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:14:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e0539ad-8ebe-42ac-aed8-19fdafb7cab2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0204.html"
source_hash: "c34298a2b1223507899dea0a692a16d9dfce516b6b2e0e0cce0d0cc598c4ef55"
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 204 (2026) — Physical Therapy Payment 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/SB0204.xml)
2. **Amended 3/5/2026 16:03:127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_SB0204_2026-03-05_16-35-21.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 3/5/2026 16:03:127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_SB0204_2026-03-05_16-35-21.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0204.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0204.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **23–3** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **60–9** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **20–3** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Shallenberger, David — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27T20:59:46+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-27T20:59:46+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-27T20:59:46+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0204
- **2026-01-27T20:59:46+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0204
- **2026-01-28T16:48:33+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T18:23:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-29T18:11:53+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T15:16:40+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0204
- **2026-01-30T21:02:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0204
- **2026-02-06T23:40:20+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09T18:14:18+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09T18:14:19+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-21T00:24:57+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-21T00:27:14+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23T18:39:38+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T18:42:21+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-24T21:37:22+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-24T23:13:29+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T17:04:35+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-26T18:23:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-28T00:46:54+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:25:40+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:25:42+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-04T17:47:39+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T17:47:41+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T18:18:30+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04T18:19:46+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-04T18:23:29+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-04T18:23:31+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-04T23:03:56+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T23:03:57+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-04T23:33:48+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04T23:33:49+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T01:39:07+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T01:39:08+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-05T01:39:09+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`
- **2026-03-06T15:19:52+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T15:19:56+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T15:00:35+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T15:00:41+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T16:14:37+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T16:14:39+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:14:00+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/4e0539ad-8ebe-42ac-aed8-19fdafb7cab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).