---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician Assistant Amendments"
description: "Physician Assistant Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 171"
citation: "Utah HB 171 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Commercial Health Insurance\\\\Managed Care Contracts", "Health Care Professionals", "Health Insurance", "Health and Human Services", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Physician Assistants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whyte, Stephen L."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07T19:43:56+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:42:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e73f0fa-92ac-4417-87e8-c2953b3dc93a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0171.html"
source_hash: "06d4841dda37b24af2a8929f628c8a2a2c081304ab0e6f16d2595f60d261c2ac"
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 HB 171 (2026) — Physician Assistant 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/HB0171.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0171 To HB0171S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0171S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0171.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Whyte, Stephen L. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T19:43:56+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-07T19:43:56+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-07T19:43:59+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0171
- **2026-01-07T19:43:59+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0171
- **2026-01-14T20:59:53+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T17:46:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0171
- **2026-01-16T17:46:38+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0171
- **2026-01-20T16:17:04+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-29T00:09:05+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0171S01
- **2026-01-29T00:09:05+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0171S01
- **2026-01-29T18:26:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-01-29T19:06:22+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T21:02:47+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0171S01
- **2026-01-29T21:02:48+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0171S01
- **2026-02-04T23:16:18+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T23:17:05+00:00** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]
- **2026-02-05T18:12:46+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]
- **2026-02-05T18:12:47+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09T18:27:01+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-09T18:28:33+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-09T18:28:35+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-09T19:24:45+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T21:15:03+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`
- **2026-02-18T15:56:54+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18T15:57:39+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-18T21:39:07+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-02-18T21:39:08+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-23T17:20:06+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T17:20:22+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-23T17:24:58+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-23T17:26:30+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T17:26:31+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-23T17:26:32+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-23T19:18:41+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T19:18:42+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-25T16:44:48+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-25T16:44:51+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-03T22:24:45+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-03T22:24:47+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T16:25:34+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T16:25:36+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:42:00+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/9e73f0fa-92ac-4417-87e8-c2953b3dc93a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).