---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senior Nutrition Private Donation Incentives"
description: "Senior Nutrition Private Donation Incentives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 281"
citation: "Utah SB 281 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adult Services", "Aging Services", "Aging and Adult Services", "Food", "Health and Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 9
action_count: 63
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-10T16:23:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T16:33:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e074a8c-69b7-4910-be68-a92ee45b3046"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0281.html"
source_hash: "03512e3f4313220cfaadd8e068ae2fcb2b596cfb8385f184554a54b4a928ed74"
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 281 (2026) — Senior Nutrition Private Donation Incentives

## 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/SB0281.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0281 To SB0281S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0281S01 To SB0281S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0281S02 To SB0281S03.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/SB0281S02.Samd.1.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0281S01.xml)
7. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0281S02.xml)
8. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0281S03.xml)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0281.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **67–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- Shallenberger, David — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-10T16:23:03+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-10T16:23:03+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-10T16:23:06+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0281
- **2026-02-10T16:23:06+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0281
- **2026-02-10T17:48:08+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T18:14:23+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-12T17:18:52+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T22:08:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0281
- **2026-02-13T17:54:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0281
- **2026-02-17T16:05:56+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T01:18:30+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0281S01
- **2026-02-18T01:18:30+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0281S01
- **2026-02-18T16:08:43+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-18T16:13:26+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18T21:38:14+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-18T21:38:15+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-20T01:07:53+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0281S01
- **2026-02-23T19:06:49+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0281S01
- **2026-02-24T21:12:17+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0281S02
- **2026-02-24T21:12:17+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0281S02
- **2026-02-27T01:15:31+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-27T01:15:51+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-27T01:23:28+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-27T01:26:10+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-27T01:29:23+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27T21:26:38+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27T21:27:27+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-27T21:28:06+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-28T00:08:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0281S02
- **2026-02-28T20:23:13+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0281S02
- **2026-03-02T20:13:31+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0281S03
- **2026-03-02T20:13:31+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0281S03
- **2026-03-02T22:40:05+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-02T22:42:25+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-03-02T22:43:49+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-03T16:38:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0281S03
- **2026-03-03T17:27:12+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0281S03
- **2026-03-03T18:18:38+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-03T18:21:30+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-03T18:21:31+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-03T20:22:57+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T01:39:15+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-04T03:12:02+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T21:21:35+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
- **2026-03-05T00:49:53+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-05T00:50:16+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-03-05T01:17:18+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-03-05T01:20:30+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-05T01:20:31+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-05T01:20:32+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T15:36:10+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T15:36:11+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T15:31:45+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T15:31:50+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-07T09:19:28+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-07T09:19:33+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T17:03:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T17:03:02+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18T16:33:00+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/9e074a8c-69b7-4910-be68-a92ee45b3046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).