---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination"
description: "Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Utah SB 251 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Department of Environmental Quality", "Environment", "Local Health Departments", "Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandall, Scott D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04T16:30:13+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T17:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/868dcc4f-9616-4a3f-a307-bfcd8a4a4b93"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0251.html"
source_hash: "6c5fe613ae64e3af4fc9c80b8b4349c278a2a2830cf9f6ffde9124199ef25350"
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 251 (2026) — Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination

## 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/SB0251.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0251.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **40–30** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sandall, Scott D. — primary (person)
- Peterson, Karen M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04T16:30:13+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-04T16:30:13+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-04T16:30:15+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0251
- **2026-02-04T16:30:15+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0251
- **2026-02-04T17:56:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-04T18:59:16+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-06T10:52:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0251
- **2026-02-06T10:52:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0251
- **2026-02-06T16:57:02+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T22:32:04+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T22:41:23+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:37:41+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T17:37:42+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-24T01:17:25+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-24T01:20:28+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24T18:23:57+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24T18:24:15+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-25T17:37:26+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-25T17:38:51+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-25T17:38:52+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-25T19:19:11+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T21:05:07+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-27T18:53:43+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T15:56:49+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T21:20:28+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T21:20:29+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T02:57:36+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-06T19:25:55+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-07T04:16:23+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-07T04:20:33+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-07T04:20:34+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-07T04:20:35+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-10T15:17:26+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-10T15:17:27+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T20:01:46+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T20:01:48+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T20:01:22+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T20:01:28+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T16:54:14+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T16:54:16+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T17:10:00+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/868dcc4f-9616-4a3f-a307-bfcd8a4a4b93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).