---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 228 Unprofessional Conduct Amendments"
description: "H.B. 228 Unprofessional Conduct Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Utah HB 228 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Business", "Department of Commerce", "Division of Professional Licensing", "Health", "Health Care Professionals", "Human Services", "Mental Health", "Mental Health Professionals", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petersen, Michael J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83da70eb-6199-4381-bdac-4d40c8b01b26"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0228.html"
source_hash: "8167f19e3ae7679aa574622bb12c39c07f0ed323247cabf8eb7c4437cb27bb23"
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 228 (2023) — H.B. 228 Unprofessional Conduct 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0228S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0228.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Petersen, Michael J. — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-18** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-27** to House Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-02-06** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2023-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-09** to Senate
- **2023-02-10** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- **2023-02-14** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** circled
- **2023-02-16** uncircled
- **2023-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-17** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-17** to House
- **2023-02-17** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-17** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-21** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** 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/83da70eb-6199-4381-bdac-4d40c8b01b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).