---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Protections for First Responders"
description: "Mental Health Protections for First Responders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 25"
citation: "Utah HB 25 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Public Safety", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Mental Health", "Mental Health Facilities", "Peace Officers", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kwan, Karen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec1c83b-87c1-4f0d-b808-1a0f83e10ed6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0025.html"
source_hash: "b69619a45d7d4e112c868f24efdf92a854513037849bf24602b2f7e3314917d8"
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 25 (2021) — 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](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0025.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0025.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-12-16** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-12-16** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-12-16** 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 Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** circled
- **2021-02-17** uncircled
- **2021-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-18** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-18** to House
- **2021-02-18** received from Senate
- **2021-02-18** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** 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/8ec1c83b-87c1-4f0d-b808-1a0f83e10ed6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).