---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 176 Utah Health Workforce Act"
description: "H.B. 176 Utah Health Workforce Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Utah HB 176 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Commerce", "Education", "Health", "Higher Education", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "State Board of Education", "Utah System of Higher Education", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurston, Norman K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-17"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b73a39c-cd97-4d16-823e-80aed31ea441"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0176.html"
source_hash: "1b5180a794d3a8cbd66773c4e27f8e9588c2ace1ef00f03c69d609eaa4c4a5ee"
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 176 (2022) — H.B. 176 Utah Health Workforce Act

## 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/HB0176S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HB0176S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0176.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **53–18** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thurston, Norman K. — primary (person)
- Anderegg, Jacob L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-26** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-31** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** floor amendment # 1
- **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`
- **2022-02-10** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2022-03-03** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** circled
- **2022-03-03** uncircled
- **2022-03-03** floor amendment # 2
- **2022-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2022-03-03** received from Senate
- **2022-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-03-03** to Senate
- **2022-03-03** received from House
- **2022-03-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-03** to House
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** 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/3b73a39c-cd97-4d16-823e-80aed31ea441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).