---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance Preauthorization Amendments"
description: "Health Insurance Preauthorization Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 319"
citation: "Utah SB 319 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Commercial Health Insurance\\\\Managed Care Contracts", "Health Benefits and Claims", "Health Insurance", "Health and Human Services", "Insurance", "Insurance Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, John D."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-23T17:27:54+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T23:32:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a347e0a-1650-4388-864f-2d253d2ba8f0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0319.html"
source_hash: "2b2e11f7157f3bbb7527848e2c31575a6a9d8a71b693dbb03ff60aa070f399a6"
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 319 (2026) — Health Insurance Preauthorization 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/SB0319.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0319 To SB0319S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0319S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0319.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **69–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson, John D. — primary (person)
- Hall, Katy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-23T17:27:54+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-23T17:27:54+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-23T17:27:58+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0319
- **2026-02-23T17:27:58+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0319
- **2026-02-23T18:35:35+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T21:32:03+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T12:27:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0319
- **2026-02-25T17:13:23+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0319
- **2026-02-25T18:44:39+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T21:16:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27T16:36:59+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T21:25:06+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T21:25:07+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-02T18:54:28+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-02T18:55:11+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-02T21:57:59+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-02T22:03:10+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03T18:04:33+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03T18:07:53+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-03T18:07:54+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`
- **2026-03-04T19:06:52+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0319S01
- **2026-03-04T19:06:52+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0319S01
- **2026-03-04T21:57:08+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-03-04T21:57:52+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T00:28:48+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Health and Human Services Committee]
- **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
- **2026-03-05T00:54:50+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-05T00:56:09+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-03-05T01:13:05+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-03-05T01:16:57+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-05T01:16:59+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T03:28:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0319S01
- **2026-03-05T04:04:33+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0319S01
- **2026-03-05T16:18:20+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T16:18:21+00:00** Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T16:48:12+00:00** Senate/ concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T16:48:13+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T17:52:49+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T17:52:50+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-05T17:52:51+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`
- **2026-03-06T22:49:44+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T22:49:46+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T17:32:18+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T17:32:23+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`
- **2026-03-19T23:32:23+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/1a347e0a-1650-4388-864f-2d253d2ba8f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).