---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 154 Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact"
description: "H.B. 154 Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 154"
citation: "Utah HB 154 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Business", "Department of Commerce", "Health", "Health Care Professionals", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Occupational Therapists", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferry, Joel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16fad580-b427-4adb-a6ed-78008c957d29"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0154.html"
source_hash: "4bb1a038260fca544b651cb2780f609d92f897199217d19f58c394fa0431c3c1"
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 154 (2022) — H.B. 154 Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0154S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HB0154S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0154.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ferry, Joel — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-28** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-01-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-31** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2022-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** floor amendment # 2
- **2022-02-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-04** to Senate
- **2022-02-07** received from House
- **2022-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-17** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-17** to House
- **2022-02-17** received from Senate
- **2022-02-17** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-21** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-21** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23** 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/16fad580-b427-4adb-a6ed-78008c957d29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).