---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Translation Amendments"
description: "Medical Translation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "Utah SB 311 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crisis Line", "Education", "Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Higher Education", "K-12 Education", "Mental Health", "Student Health and Safety", "Substance Abuse and Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Balderree, Heidi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19T16:30:50+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:31:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c20a59-9d57-4a57-9eab-40ab80cd005b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0311.html"
source_hash: "c58e13542df77a6038181061ea75f69d94c04f28f09f3449ffe04f8ff17eb90e"
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 311 (2026) — Medical Translation 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/SB0311.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0311.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Balderree, Heidi — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19T16:30:50+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-19T16:30:50+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-19T16:30:52+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0311
- **2026-02-19T16:30:52+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0311
- **2026-02-19T16:46:33+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T17:25:42+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-20T12:50:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0311
- **2026-02-23T17:14:29+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0311
- **2026-02-23T17:29:15+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T21:12:35+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T23:21:58+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T23:22:34+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-26T17:26:14+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-26T17:26:15+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03T16:49:43+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03T16:52:53+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-03T16:52:54+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-03T18:13:48+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`
- **2026-03-04T21:26:13+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`
- **2026-03-05T00:28:49+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05T01:36:53+00:00** House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-05T19:31:55+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T02:54:46+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T02:58:06+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T02:58:07+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-06T02:58:08+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T15:10:02+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T15:10:03+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T22:48:29+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T22:48:30+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-10T15:40:48+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10T15:40:56+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T17:03:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T17:03:03+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T23:31:24+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/77c20a59-9d57-4a57-9eab-40ab80cd005b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).