---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 32 Health Care Worker Protection Amendments"
description: "H.B. 32 Health Care Worker Protection Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 32"
citation: "Utah HB 32 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assault and Battery", "Crimes", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Care Facilities", "Health Care Professionals", "Labor and Employment", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Legislative Operations", "Sunsets and Repealers", "Workplace Safety and Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spendlove, Robert M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7b1c07a-ca88-4de6-bd53-992156dfe72a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0032.html"
source_hash: "6f0ed12954823382028076098834047e9e579ec952f01b69e12027c90ffa6698"
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 32 (2022) — H.B. 32 Health Care Worker Protection 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/HB0032S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HB0032S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0032.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **56–16** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spendlove, Robert M. — 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 Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-25** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-01-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-26** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2022-01-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-01-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-01** to Senate
- **2022-02-02** received from House
- **2022-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2022-02-10** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-15** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-15** to House
- **2022-02-15** received from Senate
- **2022-02-15** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-18** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-18** 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/d7b1c07a-ca88-4de6-bd53-992156dfe72a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).