---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 294 Pandemic Emergency Powers Amendments"
description: "H.B. 294 Pandemic Emergency Powers Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 294"
citation: "Utah HB 294 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Health", "Diseases Control and Prevention", "Emergency Management", "Emergency Powers", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Health", "Local Health Departments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray, Paul"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba1aba96-d982-4b2f-bd7b-292f086008e1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0294.html"
source_hash: "14935ad3d7ef6922143e1f20505a0cd2ba7a2dc18ae6ba7bf1623f95be84246a"
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 294 (2021) — H.B. 294 Pandemic Emergency Powers 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/HB0294S04.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0294S04.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0294.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **54–18** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **51–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ray, Paul — primary (person)
- Owens, Derrin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-25** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2021-03-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-01** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2021-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** circled
- **2021-03-03** uncircled
- **2021-03-03** substituted from # 2 to # 4
- **2021-03-03** substitute adoption failed from # 4 to # 3
- **2021-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-03** to Senate
- **2021-03-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-03-03** received from House
- **2021-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** floor amendment # 2
- **2021-03-05** circled
- **2021-03-05** uncircled
- **2021-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-05** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-05** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-24** 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/ba1aba96-d982-4b2f-bd7b-292f086008e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).