Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB400: Blood Transfusion Amendments
Status: Chaptered, March 23, 2026
This bill addresses blood transfusions.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
Blood Transfusion Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Kristen Chevrier Senate Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses blood transfusions. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - except in certain situations, disallows a health care facility or provider from prohibiting a patient from providing the patient's own blood product or the blood product of the patient's directed donor for any potential transfusion related to the patient's health care; and - provides immunity from liability to health care providers and facilities for a patient's injury, damages, or death occurring in connection with a transfusion of blood product provided by the patient. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 26B-7-408.5 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 26B-7-408.5 is enacted to read: 26B-7-408.5. Directed blood product transfusion. (1) As used in this section, "blood product" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-7-408. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b) , a health care provider or health care facility may not prohibit a patient from providing, through a blood establishment complying with all federal requirements for the collection of blood product, the patient's own blood product or the blood product of the patient's …
Sponsors
- Chevrier, Kristen (R, 54) · primary sponsor
- Keven Stratton (R, 24)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
Votes
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 3, 2025): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 19, 2025): 68 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 10, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 10, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Health Care Facilities, Health Care, Health and Human Services
Common questions
- What is HB400?
- HB400 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Blood Transfusion Amendments.
- What does HB400 do?
- This bill addresses blood transfusions.
- What is the status of HB400?
- Chaptered as of March 23, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB400?
- Chevrier, Kristen (R, 54), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB400?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0400.html
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