# Utah S.B. 172: Local Health Department Amendments Utah S.B. 172, Local Health Department Amendments, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Scott D. Sandall (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-24 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB172-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah S.B. 172 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Local Health Department Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-27 - Last action: 2025-03-24, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Scott D. Sandall (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Department of Environmental Quality, Natural Resources, Local Health Departments - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (126 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - State-local committee oversees Utah environmental health funding: benefit, low. Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality must create a committee with its director or designee, two department representatives, and three local health department representatives. It reviews state and federal funding, resource allocations, policy changes, and environmental program coordination. It… - Utah agencies get environmental enforcement cost reimbursements: benefit, low. Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality must repay local health departments for costs of collecting civil penalties under Utah’s Environmental Quality Code. It may also use collected civil penalties to repay itself, local governments, or local health departments for qualifying extraordinary envi… - Utah health departments coordinate environmental services: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, each local health department must enter a cooperative agreement with Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality. These agreements replace the former environmental service-plan requirement and set each department’s duties. They provide for authority sharing where the law allow… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Scott D. Sandall (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike L. Kohler (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-26 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 61 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2025-02-11 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-02-10 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 26 | 0 | | | 2025-02-10 | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-01-30 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 3 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (33) - 2025-03-24: Governor Signed - 2025-03-13: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-02-28: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-02-28: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-02-26: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-26: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-02-19: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-11: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-11: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Senate/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0172.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0172S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-27: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0172.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0172.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0172S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0172.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB172-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).