---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 144 Genetic Privacy Amendments"
description: "S.B. 144 Genetic Privacy Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Utah SB 144 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Health", "Health Care", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy, Michael S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4863850-d1d8-4c72-a0f2-32c8bbafd153"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0144.html"
source_hash: "2051b405cb2d7ef8e7d60d976cec28440043c658304d2d4697eb7a44be2998fb"
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 SB 144 (2022) — S.B. 144 Genetic Privacy 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/sbillint/SB0144S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0144.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kennedy, Michael S. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-01** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-08** to House
- **2022-02-09** received from Senate
- **2022-02-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2022-02-23** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-25** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-02-25** to Senate
- **2022-02-25** received from House
- **2022-02-25** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-01** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/b4863850-d1d8-4c72-a0f2-32c8bbafd153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).