---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Protections for First Responders"
description: "Mental Health Protections for First Responders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 154"
citation: "Utah H.B. 154 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Benefits/Claims", "Health", "Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kwan, Karen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb50f146-8159-45da-8fcb-1ae28dc0108f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0154.html"
source_hash: "c45816fa02ce28281260181465d4608ee5c01d09212ce5f6597a7e9c275aa2ab"
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. 154 (2019) — Mental Health Protections for First Responders

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0154.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0154.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0154.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kwan, Karen — primary (person)
- Mayne, Karen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-22** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-01-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-11** to Senate
- **2019-02-12** received from House
- **2019-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-22** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-22** to House
- **2019-02-22** received from Senate
- **2019-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-25** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-25** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** 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/bb50f146-8159-45da-8fcb-1ae28dc0108f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).