---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business and Labor Reporting Requirements"
description: "Business and Labor Reporting Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 44"
citation: "Utah HB 44 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Antidiscrimination", "Business", "Health", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Insurance Department", "Labor Commission", "Labor and Employment", "Legislative Operations", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Workers' Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferry, Joel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91b3201c-9e35-4a37-866b-ffd6c747b832"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0044.html"
source_hash: "6fd80e8cbc72a4a5a21c7cc3eb664461bc82006d7cadbfd3c66dd0eeec93c1dc"
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 44 (2022) — Business and Labor Reporting Requirements

## 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/HB0044.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0044.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (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
- **2021-12-14** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **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`
- **2022-01-18** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-01-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-01-19** to Senate
- **2022-01-20** received from House
- **2022-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-03** to House
- **2022-02-03** received from Senate
- **2022-02-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-15** 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/91b3201c-9e35-4a37-866b-ffd6c747b832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).