---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 77 Medication for Inmates"
description: "H.B. 77 Medication for Inmates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 77"
citation: "Utah HB 77 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arrest and Detention", "Counties", "Health", "Inmates", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dailey-Provost, Jennifer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-12-21"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d5e319d-4b49-4c22-a268-bdd082c17e38"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0077.html"
source_hash: "aed030e68b09d00fea3c0a75c522538d07cbda9fccf8fed8d805bf7556035d0b"
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 77 (2022) — H.B. 77 Medication for Inmates

## 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/HB0077S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HB0077S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0077.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **57–15** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dailey-Provost, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Escamilla, Luz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-21** 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`
- **2022-01-25** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-01-25** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-01-25** to House Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-31** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** circled
- **2022-02-07** uncircled
- **2022-02-07** floor amendment # 1
- **2022-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-07** to Senate
- **2022-02-08** received from House
- **2022-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** circled
- **2022-02-17** uncircled
- **2022-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2022-03-02** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-02** to House
- **2022-03-02** received from Senate
- **2022-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-04** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-04** 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/4d5e319d-4b49-4c22-a268-bdd082c17e38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).