---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hearing Instrument Specialist Licensing Amendments"
description: "Hearing Instrument Specialist Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Utah SB 12 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking", "Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services", "Hearing Instrument Specialists", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Occupational and Professional Licensing", "Sunsets and Repealers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/829656b3-9c67-4b2e-87d6-2205d94dc3b2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0012.html"
source_hash: "90fec09ae7cc6f5f4b2767084ce6031e76854bb9eac36a5db6bb5d38a1d68848"
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 12 (2023) — Hearing Instrument Specialist Licensing 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/sbillint/SB0012.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0012.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- Maloy, A. Cory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-12-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-12-19** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-12** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-17** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-01-17** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-01-17** to House
- **2023-01-18** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** to House Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-01-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-01** to Senate
- **2023-02-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-02-14** 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`
- **2023-03-15** 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/829656b3-9c67-4b2e-87d6-2205d94dc3b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).