---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 173 Occupational Licensing Requirement Amendments"
description: "H.B. 173 Occupational Licensing Requirement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 173"
citation: "Utah H.B. 173 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations and Professions", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maloy, A. Cory"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f412f262-04e9-4821-9db0-1fd676971e35"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0173.html"
source_hash: "8fee2c08ce813f2724957032bf7bd36644c76382091d377a8826139164f8c3fd"
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. 173 (2018) — H.B. 173 Occupational Licensing Requirement 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/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0173S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0173S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0173.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **47–18** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Held — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **65–1** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **24–1** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Maloy, A. Cory — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-12** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-17** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-25** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** House Comm - Held
- **2018-02-08** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-12** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2018-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-13** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-22** to Senate
- **2018-02-22** received from House
- **2018-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** floor amendment # 2
- **2018-03-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-07** to House with amendments
- **2018-03-07** received from Senate
- **2018-03-07** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-03-07** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2018-03-07** to Senate
- **2018-03-08** received from House
- **2018-03-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-08** to House
- **2018-03-08** received from Senate
- **2018-03-08** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** 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/f412f262-04e9-4821-9db0-1fd676971e35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).