---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utah Protection of Public Employees Act Amendments"
description: "Utah Protection of Public Employees Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Utah SB 40 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Counties", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Health", "Local Government Employees", "Medical Cannabis", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "State Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thatcher, Daniel W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f3dc8da-6340-4e24-a336-a8ee5ae442cf"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0040.html"
source_hash: "dfafbaf5a094dcd56097bf7c6ec17aa3f66da62c3d99095ed54ab20bf2770350"
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 40 (2022) — Utah Protection of Public Employees Act 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/SB0040.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0040.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thatcher, Daniel W. — primary (person)
- Nelson, Merrill F. — 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
- **2021-12-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-01-19** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-01-19** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-01-19** to House
- **2022-01-20** received from Senate
- **2022-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-02-02** to Senate
- **2022-02-02** received from House
- **2022-02-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-02-15** 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`
- **2022-03-22** 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/8f3dc8da-6340-4e24-a336-a8ee5ae442cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).