Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB55: Placental Tissue Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 17, 2026
This bill addresses stem cell therapy.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 3, 2026:
0 Placental Tissue Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers House Sponsor: Rex P. Shipp LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses stem cell therapy. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - imposes a notice requirement on persons who supply or provide human cells, tissues, or cellular or tissue-based products for utilization in stem cell therapy. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 58-1-512 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 265 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 58-1-512 is amended to read: 58-1-512 . Stem cell disclosure. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Health care provider" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-403 . (b) "Human cells, tissues, or cellular or tissue-based products" has the same meaning as in 21 C.F.R. Sec. 1271.3 as it exists on May 1, 2024. (c) (i) "Stem cell therapy" means a treatment involving the use of afterbirth placental perinatal stem cells or human cells, tissues, or cellular or tissue-based products. (ii) "Stem cell therapy" does not include treatment or research using human cells or tissues that were derived from a fetus or embryo after an abortion. (2) (a) A health care provider whose scope of practice includes …
Sponsors
- Evan Vickers (R, 28) · primary sponsor
- Shipp, Rex P. (R, 71)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : Senate/ to Governor
- : Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- : Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 25, 2026): 68 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 18, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 10, 2026): 25 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 9, 2026): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (January 26, 2026): 3 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Health Care, Health and Human Services
Common questions
- What is SB55?
- SB55 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Placental Tissue Amendments.
- What does SB55 do?
- This bill addresses stem cell therapy.
- What is the status of SB55?
- Signed into law as of March 17, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB55?
- Evan Vickers (R, 28), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB55?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0055.html
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