republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/hcr-8.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concurrent Resolution Directing PEHP to Establish the Weight Management and Obesity Pilot Program"
description: "Concurrent Resolution Directing PEHP to Establish the Weight Management and Obesity Pilot Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HCR 8"
citation: "Utah HCR 8 (2026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Health Insurance", "Health and Human Services", "Legislative Operations", "Public Employees' Health Program", "Resolutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barlow, Stewart E."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28T16:28:30+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:21:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e150296-32fd-41d6-a6f4-3e8dcd2852df"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HCR008.html"
source_hash: "c69c9b173063e3ca63fbdc831566c66f02a0f761e1378fed4e0f23fa5ccd8053"
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 HCR 8 (2026) — Concurrent Resolution Directing PEHP to Establish the Weight Management and Obesity Pilot Program

## 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/HCR008.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HCR008 To HCR008S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HCR008S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HCR008.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barlow, Stewart E. — primary (person)
- McCay, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28T16:28:30+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-28T16:28:30+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-28T16:28:33+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HCR008
- **2026-01-28T16:28:33+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HCR008
- **2026-01-28T17:02:52+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T18:51:45+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-30T19:41:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HCR008
- **2026-01-30T19:41:18+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HCR008
- **2026-02-02T14:41:46+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-11T19:32:14+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T22:43:47+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T17:21:57+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T17:21:58+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T17:25:29+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HCR008S01
- **2026-02-20T17:25:29+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HCR008S01
- **2026-02-21T00:15:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HCR008S01
- **2026-02-21T00:15:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HCR008S01
- **2026-02-23T18:03:52+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T18:05:11+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-23T18:07:33+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T18:07:35+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-23T19:22:32+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T21:41:37+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-25T21:16:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T23:49:24+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T23:52:13+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-03-03T16:36:59+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
- **2026-03-03T16:37:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06T17:16:56+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-06T17:19:51+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:19:52+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:19:53+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T22:35:34+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T22:35:35+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-07T06:19:41+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-07T06:19:46+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T18:02:37+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T18:02:39+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-17T16:57:48+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-17T16:57:50+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:21:00+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/1e150296-32fd-41d6-a6f4-3e8dcd2852df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).