---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 39 State Construction Code Amendments"
description: "H.B. 39 State Construction Code Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 39"
citation: "Utah HB 39 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Construction", "Construction and Fire Codes", "Environment", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Real Property", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferry, Joel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aec5040-4ec6-4e11-a438-948089d79cb8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0039.html"
source_hash: "85c967908efbf1c8afc9d044c5765b16b86fecfd35f90ed306a282e57c089248"
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 39 (2022) — H.B. 39 State Construction Code 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/HB0039S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0039.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **67–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ferry, Joel — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — 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
- **2022-01-12** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-26** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-01-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** circled
- **2022-02-01** uncircled
- **2022-02-01** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **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`
- **2022-02-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-17** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-17** to House
- **2022-02-17** received from Senate
- **2022-02-17** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-21** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-21** 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`
- **2022-03-15** 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/7aec5040-4ec6-4e11-a438-948089d79cb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).