---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 16 Emergency Response Amendments"
description: "H.B. 16 Emergency Response Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 16"
citation: "Utah HB 16 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Management", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnigan, James A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-12-13"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/799b686a-7ea9-4b3e-a427-0fa1b444a3ac"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0016.html"
source_hash: "c71d8a14fe834525da0889b29b3bec85352da2fea75d2dac94e7114c50016e5f"
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 16 (2022) — H.B. 16 Emergency Response 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/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0016S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunnigan, James A. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-01-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-01-18** to Senate
- **2022-01-18** received from House
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2022-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-25** comm rpt/amended
- **2022-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-01-29** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-01-31** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-03** to House with amendments
- **2022-02-03** received from Senate
- **2022-02-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-02-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-02-04** to Senate
- **2022-02-04** received from House
- **2022-02-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-04** to House
- **2022-02-07** received from Senate
- **2022-02-07** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-10** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-22** 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/799b686a-7ea9-4b3e-a427-0fa1b444a3ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).