# Utah S.B. 50: Anesthesia Dosage Amendments

Utah S.B. 50, Anesthesia Dosage Amendments, is a 2026 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Jen Plumb (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-03-17 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-14).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB50-2026GS
- As of: 2026-10-14
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Utah S.B. 50
- State: Utah
- Session: 2026 General Session
- Title: Anesthesia Dosage Amendments
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-29
- Last action: 2026-03-17, Governor Signed
- Sponsor: Jen Plumb (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Health Insurance, Insurance, Business, Health and Human Services, Health Benefits and Claims, Commercial Health Insurance\Managed Care Contracts
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (134 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Utah patients gain stronger anesthesia coverage: benefit, medium. Utah health benefit plans must cover medically necessary anesthesia for procedures the plan covers, no matter how long anesthesia lasts. Plans cannot deny payment or reimbursement solely because anesthesia care exceeded a preset time limit. This protection applies to plan contracts entered into or…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jen Plumb (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Katy Hall (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-18 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 66 | 1 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 27 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-02 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 28 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-21 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 |   |

## Actions (32)

- 2026-03-17: Governor Signed
- 2026-03-03: Senate/ to Governor (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- 2026-02-20: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- 2026-02-20: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- 2026-02-18: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Senate/ received from House (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: House/ to Senate (House)
- 2026-02-18: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House)
- 2026-02-18: House/ passed 3rd reading (House)
- 2026-02-18: House/ 3rd reading (House)
- 2026-02-13: House/ 2nd reading (House)
- 2026-02-13: House/ committee report favorable (House)
- 2026-02-12: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- 2026-02-10: House/ to standing committee (House)
- 2026-02-03: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House)
- 2026-02-03: House/ received from Senate (House)
- 2026-02-03: Senate/ to House (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- 2026-01-20: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate)
- 2026-01-20: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate)
- 2026-01-20: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate)
- 2025-12-29: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2026-02-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0050.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-12-29: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0050.pdf)

## Related bills

- H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed)
- H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed)
- H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed)
- H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed)
- H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed)
- H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0050.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0050.pdf)

## Related
- [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS)
- [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS)
- [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS)
- [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS)
- [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS)
- [H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB220-2026GS)
- [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-SB50-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).