republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/hb-171.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Physician Assistant Amendments	Physician Assistant Amendments	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2026	HB 171	Utah HB 171 (2026)	bill	Business Commercial Health Insurance\Managed Care Contracts Health Care Professionals Health Insurance Health and Human Services Occupational and Professional Licensing Physician Assistants	enacted	Whyte, Stephen L.	4	44	2	2026-01-07T19:43:56+00:00	2026-03-17T15:42:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9e73f0fa-92ac-4417-87e8-c2953b3dc93a	https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0171.html	06d4841dda37b24af2a8929f628c8a2a2c081304ab0e6f16d2595f60d261c2ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
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
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/9e73f0fa-92ac-4417-87e8-c2953b3dc93a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).