---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments"
description: "Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Utah SB 305 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Health and Human Services", "Health Care Facilities", "Health Care Professionals", "Health Insurance", "Health and Human Services", "Medicaid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-18T16:10:45+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:29:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da8b21a5-288b-466a-8fbd-bee78178892b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0305.html"
source_hash: "992d93f8853cb62a2fe57b2b5b97e5d900b98e9fe81a148d1faf83e6de459417"
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 305 (2026) — Hospital Quality Incentive 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/SB0305.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0305 To SB0305S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0305S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0305.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **62–5** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18T16:10:45+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-18T16:10:45+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-18T16:10:47+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0305
- **2026-02-18T16:10:47+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0305
- **2026-02-18T16:37:20+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T17:31:19+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-19T21:58:28+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23T12:44:46+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0305
- **2026-02-24T00:06:42+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0305S01
- **2026-02-24T00:06:42+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0305S01
- **2026-02-24T16:11:11+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-24T16:13:42+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24T23:01:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0305
- **2026-02-25T16:33:39+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0305
- **2026-02-25T17:20:47+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-25T17:20:48+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25T19:09:23+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0305S01
- **2026-02-26T16:51:30+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0305S01
- **2026-02-27T22:44:36+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-27T22:47:25+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02T17:58:04+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-02T18:00:30+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-02T18:00:31+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-02T19:04:32+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-02T21:11:46+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-02T23:00:46+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T23:33:37+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T02:34:26+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T02:34:27+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T02:57:36+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-06T01:41:39+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T22:25:31+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T22:37:14+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T22:37:15+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-06T22:37:16+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T04:01:53+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T04:01:54+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T16:17:33+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T16:17:36+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T21:36:19+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T21:36:22+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-13T17:11:51+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-13T17:11:53+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:29:44+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/da8b21a5-288b-466a-8fbd-bee78178892b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).