Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB480: Medical Record Amendments
Status: Failed, March 7, 2026
This bill addresses medical records.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, March 6, 2026:
0 Medical Record Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Karianne Lisonbee Senate Sponsor: Brady Brammer LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses medical records. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - allows a patient to request that the patient's medical record reflect that a pregnancy loss under certain circumstances was not elective; and - requires a health care provider to include a note in a patient's medical record if requested. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 26B-2-244 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 26B-2-244 is enacted to read: 26B-2-244 . Medical records. (1) An individual may request that a health care provider include in the individual's medical record and health history that a procedure was not elective if the individual experienced a pregnancy loss due to: (a) a miscarriage; (b) a procedure to remove a deceased fetus; (c) an ectopic pregnancy; (d) a defect in a fetus that is uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal; (e) a necessary procedure to avert the death of the woman; (f) a necessary procedure to avert a serious physical risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function of the individual; or (g) termination of a pregnancy that is a result of …
Sponsors
- Karianne Lisonbee (R, 14) · primary sponsor
- Brady Brammer (R, 21)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : House/ filed
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ uncircled
- : Senate/ circled
- : Senate/ 2nd reading
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0480S04
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0480S04
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 23, 2026): 56 yea, 14 nay, passed
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 17, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 17, 2026): 9 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: Abortion, Health Care Facilities, Health Care, Health and Human Services, Medical Records, Department of Health and Human Services
Common questions
- What is HB480?
- HB480 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Medical Record Amendments.
- What does HB480 do?
- This bill addresses medical records.
- What is the status of HB480?
- Failed as of March 7, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (March 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB480?
- Karianne Lisonbee (R, 14), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB480?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0480.html
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