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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah requires pharmacies to display opiate abuse prevention pamphlets at point of sale
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Nicholeen Peck
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What This Bill Proposed
Pharmacies dispensing Schedule II or III opiates are required to print and prominently display an opiate abuse prevention pamphlet at the point of sale, provided it is available from the Department of Health and Human Services, effective May 6, 2026.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Pharmacies
Pharmacies must print and prominently display the Department of Health and Human Services opiate abuse prevention pamphlet at the point of sale when dispensing Schedule II or III opiates.
Patients receiving opiate prescriptions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the House floor.
Procedural history
23 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Feb 26, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Feb 26, 2026HouseHouse/ failed
- Feb 26, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 25, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0257S01
Show 17 earlier actions
- Feb 24, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0257S01
- Feb 20, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Feb 20, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ substituted
- Feb 20, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 20, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Feb 19, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0257S01
- Feb 19, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0257S01
- Feb 18, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Jan 22, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 21, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0257
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 17, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0257
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0257
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0257
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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