---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Support Program for First Responders"
description: "Mental Health Support Program for First Responders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 248"
citation: "Utah HB 248 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kwan, Karen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0c5fd28-14b6-4545-b8c5-8943f68d1fd7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0248.html"
source_hash: "cc78d5a7e9506521c2ea6e40b7ea4b2c844a56a96ad9dfebacfee3f83a115a8f"
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 248 (2021) — Mental Health Support Program for First Responders

## 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/HB0248.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0248.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0248.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **64–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **61–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kwan, Karen — primary (person)
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-26** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-01-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-29** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-29** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2021-02-08** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-16** to Senate
- **2021-02-16** received from House
- **2021-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** floor amendment # 2
- **2021-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **2021-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-04** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/c0c5fd28-14b6-4545-b8c5-8943f68d1fd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).