---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 63 Covid-19 Vaccine Exemptions"
description: "H.B. 63 Covid-19 Vaccine Exemptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 63"
citation: "Utah HB 63 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Business Entities", "Department of Health", "Disease Control and Prevention", "Health", "Health Care", "Immunizations", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burton, Jefferson S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-12-20"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ef6ff7b-57b9-46af-8b60-1a2fb8bca817"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0063.html"
source_hash: "97a2164cafdba737109fe0668d3d1b0042f1dd4a5156af87236a2f1f1d6e2eb8"
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 63 (2022) — H.B. 63 Covid-19 Vaccine Exemptions

## 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/HB0063S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0063.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **20–6** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **60–12** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **60–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burton, Jefferson S. — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-20** 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`
- **2022-02-04** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2022-02-15** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-17** to Senate
- **2022-02-18** received from House
- **2022-02-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2022-02-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2022-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-03-04** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** circled
- **2022-03-04** uncircled
- **2022-03-04** substituted from # 3 to # 4
- **2022-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-04** to House with amendments
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-04** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-03-04** to Senate
- **2022-03-04** received from House
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-04** to House
- **2022-03-05** received from Senate
- **2022-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** 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/1ef6ff7b-57b9-46af-8b60-1a2fb8bca817`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).