---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 159 Occupational Injuries Amendments"
description: "S.B. 159 Occupational Injuries Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "Utah SB 159 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Fire Protection", "Labor and Employment", "Legislative Committees and Task Forces", "Legislative Operations", "Legislative Organization", "Occupational Disease", "Public Safety", "Workers' Compensation", "Workplace Safety and Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4912f0e2-c6fb-4cbd-aec7-ad2f9f5a39a1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0159.html"
source_hash: "801f5f897fd3bedc64afd63569c52d49c402caa585c1e082159cf053dade5d75"
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 159 (2023) — S.B. 159 Occupational Injuries 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/SB0159S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- Snider, Casey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-30** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-31** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** to Senate Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-02-03** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-08** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2023-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2023-02-09** comm rpt/substituted/Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-14** to House
- **2023-02-14** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** to House Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2023-02-22** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** circled
- **2023-02-24** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2023-03-02** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-17** 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/4912f0e2-c6fb-4cbd-aec7-ad2f9f5a39a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).