---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy Practice Amendments"
description: "Pharmacy Practice Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 261"
citation: "Utah SB 261 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Controlled Substances", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Health Care Professionals", "Health and Human Services", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Pharmaceuticals", "Pharmacies", "Pharmacists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06T15:19:16+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:28:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcbb36a9-c569-4695-b2f5-e1b8ebb27b5a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0261.html"
source_hash: "65b0490b0e17c3b651a6466cb559e9a4e6b587224805d44d76e671d0fb2b7eac"
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 261 (2026) — Pharmacy Practice 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/SB0261.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0261 To SB0261S01.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0261.Samd.1.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0261S01.xml)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0261.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06T15:19:16+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-06T15:19:16+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-06T15:19:17+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0261
- **2026-02-06T15:19:17+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0261
- **2026-02-06T17:48:26+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-06T18:30:07+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-09T18:52:47+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0261
- **2026-02-09T22:32:04+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T17:52:22+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0261
- **2026-02-10T18:35:10+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-12T05:11:26+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0261S01
- **2026-02-12T05:11:26+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0261S01
- **2026-02-12T15:13:53+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee]
- **2026-02-12T15:14:44+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T22:31:37+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0261S01
- **2026-02-13T20:48:47+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0261S01
- **2026-02-17T17:38:24+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Business and Labor Committee]
- **2026-02-17T17:38:25+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-24T18:32:36+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-24T18:35:41+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25T17:41:43+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-25T17:43:45+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-27T22:41:46+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-27T23:25:59+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-02T17:19:05+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-02T19:11:40+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T21:10:03+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T02:30:34+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T02:30:35+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
- **2026-03-07T04:29:06+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-07T04:31:12+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-07T04:31:13+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-07T04:31:14+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`
- **2026-03-10T19:51:19+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T19:51:22+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T20:10:48+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T20:10:53+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`
- **2026-03-18T16:28:00+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/dcbb36a9-c569-4695-b2f5-e1b8ebb27b5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).