---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees Long-term Disability Act Amendments"
description: "Public Employees Long-term Disability Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 28"
citation: "Utah H.B. 28 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement", "State Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duckworth, Susan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-12-12"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9f99f4f-bc8c-4223-9536-fdec20847590"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0028.html"
source_hash: "cc94100c34ac8ea3cb3e0e7bea4023e8b75e5520a663b9deb3d1bc52bba4b004"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah H.B. 28 (2017) — Public Employees Long-term Disability Act Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HB0028.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0028.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Duckworth, Susan — primary (person)
- Mayne, Karen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2016-12-13** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2016-12-30** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-05** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-23** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-01-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-01-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-01-25** to Senate
- **2017-01-27** received from House
- **2017-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** to Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2017-02-13** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-14** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-17** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-02-17** to House
- **2017-02-17** received from Senate
- **2017-02-17** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-17** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-02-17** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9f99f4f-bc8c-4223-9536-fdec20847590`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).