---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 23 First Responder Mental Health Services Amendments"
description: "H.B. 23 First Responder Mental Health Services Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Utah HB 23 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Department of Public Safety", "Health", "Human Services", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Mental Health", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilcox, Ryan D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdcd5682-868c-4c3f-828f-c60c779d9b9a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0023.html"
source_hash: "84078fbc4b9989dec1acf3b5af0f5f2c1b53048bb8922819becb9eed0b50d1e6"
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 23 (2022) — H.B. 23 First Responder Mental Health Services 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/HB0023S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HB0023S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0023.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilcox, Ryan D. — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-14** 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`
- **2022-01-19** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-31** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2022-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** placed on Time Certain Calendar
- **2022-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2022-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-03** to Senate
- **2022-02-04** received from House
- **2022-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-09** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** comm rpt/amended
- **2022-02-10** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** circled
- **2022-02-16** uncircled
- **2022-02-16** floor amendment # 2
- **2022-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2022-03-01** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-01** to House with amendments
- **2022-03-01** received from Senate
- **2022-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-02** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-03-02** to Senate
- **2022-03-02** received from House
- **2022-03-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-02** to House
- **2022-03-02** received from Senate
- **2022-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-04** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** 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/bdcd5682-868c-4c3f-828f-c60c779d9b9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).