---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 37 Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments"
description: "H.B. 37 Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 37"
citation: "Utah H.B. 37 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations and Professions", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnigan, James A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-12-13"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c74f322-02d1-4d05-bace-88a06c7f2d5e"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0037.html"
source_hash: "2c7fcde740959d46dc599e4bffacc3ce8bb4232fd1caf2557c200fb42c7c9202"
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. 37 (2018) — H.B. 37 Occupational and Professional Licensing 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/HB0037S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0037S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0037.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **62–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dunnigan, James A. — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-24** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-01-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-24** to Senate
- **2018-01-24** received from House
- **2018-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-01-30** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-01-31** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-08** to House with amendments
- **2018-02-08** received from Senate
- **2018-02-08** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-02-09** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2018-02-09** to Senate
- **2018-02-09** received from House
- **2018-02-09** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-09** to House
- **2018-02-09** received from Senate
- **2018-02-09** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-02-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20** 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/1c74f322-02d1-4d05-bace-88a06c7f2d5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).