---
type: "Bill"
title: "Placental Tissue Amendments"
description: "Placental Tissue Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Utah SB 55 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Health and Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-29T22:07:27+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:51:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11376230-73c1-4e33-a692-ef9cddd78ab7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0055.html"
source_hash: "b0ecc3bb4eda7d6b3cc445528abebe50ab24de309796203e43160b836e28ca25"
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 55 (2026) — Placental Tissue 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/SB0055.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0055.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Shipp, Rex P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-29T22:07:27+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-29T22:07:27+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-29T22:07:32+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0055
- **2025-12-29T22:07:32+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0055
- **2026-01-07T17:08:32+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-13T22:34:26+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0055
- **2026-01-13T23:01:11+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0055
- **2026-01-13T23:04:45+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T22:08:33+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26T21:03:16+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:30+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:31+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-09T18:48:09+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09T18:50:21+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10T18:30:17+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T18:32:18+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-10T18:32:19+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-10T19:40:58+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T21:07:36+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-12T18:40:59+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T00:08:27+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T17:28:33+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T17:28:34+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-25T17:48:55+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-25T17:52:18+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-25T17:52:19+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-25T17:52:20+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-25T21:23:51+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T21:23:52+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-27T15:31:48+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-27T15:31:49+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-03T17:47:19+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-03T17:47:21+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T16:58:18+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T16:58:20+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:51:00+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/11376230-73c1-4e33-a692-ef9cddd78ab7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).