---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 70 Public Safety Disability Benefits Amendments"
description: "H.B. 70 Public Safety Disability Benefits Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Utah HB 70 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firefighters' Retirement", "Public Employees Long-term Disabilities Benefits", "Public Retirement and Insurance", "Public Safety Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gwynn, Matthew H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-20"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fa285cd-2a72-45de-a199-8bb0f66388f8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0070.html"
source_hash: "4b5a2764d363830cf30f206d61be3a4c989f50661d593c16b8a8411e1baea6d1"
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 70 (2022) — H.B. 70 Public Safety Disability Benefits 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/HB0070S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0070.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gwynn, Matthew H. — primary (person)
- Johnson, John D. — 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
- **2022-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-11** to Senate
- **2022-02-14** received from House
- **2022-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2022-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-03** to House
- **2022-03-03** received from Senate
- **2022-03-03** 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
- **2022-03-10** 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/1fa285cd-2a72-45de-a199-8bb0f66388f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).