---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Examiner Amendments"
description: "Medical Examiner Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 22"
citation: "Utah HB 22 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Health", "Health", "Medical Examiner"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-15"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32c1f74e-c687-4671-9d3b-87959f378f7f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0022.html"
source_hash: "18e843548a5efd7812ec7c19ce057e83981178ee69784112be2794247b932caa"
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 HB 22 (2021) — Medical Examiner Amendments

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0022.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0022.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0022.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-12-15** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-12-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-12-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate
- **2021-01-20** received from House
- **2021-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-19** to House with amendments
- **2021-02-19** received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-22** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-02-22** to Senate
- **2021-02-22** received from House
- **2021-02-22** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-22** to House
- **2021-02-23** received from Senate
- **2021-02-23** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-24** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-24** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** 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/32c1f74e-c687-4671-9d3b-87959f378f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).