---
type: "Bill"
title: "Volunteer Government Workers Amendments"
description: "Volunteer Government Workers Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "Utah HB 287 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cultural and Community Engagement", "Department of Health", "Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Health", "Health Care Professionals", "Labor and Employment", "Volunteer Health Workers", "Volunteers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnigan, James A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78f5acae-470f-4798-87e3-244d00dbb3d7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0287.html"
source_hash: "fa2e40d30b79fc99af2b7d2994d10e21abc9034ff8c373b80a273fdae938147c"
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 287 (2022) — Volunteer Government Workers 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/HB0287.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0287.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunnigan, James A. — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-31** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-02-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-03** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-04** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2022-02-10** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** circled
- **2022-02-14** uncircled
- **2022-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-14** to Senate
- **2022-02-15** received from House
- **2022-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2022-02-18** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-24** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-24** to House
- **2022-02-24** received from Senate
- **2022-02-24** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-28** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-28** 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`
- **2022-03-24** 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/78f5acae-470f-4798-87e3-244d00dbb3d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).