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H.B. 100: Electroconvulsive Therapy Prohibition Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

It would have prohibited electroconvulsive therapy for minors. It never reached a floor vote: a House committee returned it to the Rules Committee, and it was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill prohibits providing electroconvulsive therapy to minors.

  • Prohibits providing electroconvulsive therapy to minors
  • Defines terms
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature; the paragraph above is the Ledger’s summary. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Counties · Health and Human Services · Health Care · Child Welfare · Mental Health · Health Care Professionals · Political Subdivisions (Local Issues) · Civil Commitment · Local Mental Health Authorities · Advance Health Care Directive · Medical Malpractice

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Houseto standing committeeHealth and Human Services Committee
  3. · HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesHealth and Human Services Committee
  4. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on H.B. 100, dated January 21, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: Enactment of this legislation could decrease the annual transfer from the Commerce Service Account to the General Fund by $6,400 ongoing beginning in FY 2027 due to expenditures for rule making and professional licensure enforcement.
  • State expenditures: Enactment of this legislation could decrease costs for the Department of Health and Human Services by $30,200 ongoing beginning in FY 2027 and $5,000 one-time in FY 2026 from the General Fund, $3,900 ongoing beginning in FY 2027 and $700 one-time in FY 2026 from the Medicaid ACA Fund, and $84,500 ongoing beginning in FY 2027 and $14,100 one-time in FY 2026 from Federal Funds for the prohibition on electroconvulsive…
  • Local government: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct, measurable costs for local governments.
  • Individuals and businesses: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct expenditures from tax or fee changes for Utah residents and businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Jake Sawyer

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.