---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional Licensing Amendments"
description: "Professional Licensing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 312"
citation: "Utah HB 312 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Business Licensing", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bolinder, Bridger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be2e1849-eddf-4d8f-9d6c-fec54708c1bd"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0312.html"
source_hash: "be6b6c830adf4eebc6e2ebb1ae98cd0c30f545df54bfe66f96a2057729b31201"
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 312 (2024) — Professional 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0312.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0312.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bolinder, Bridger — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-16** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-17** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-01-18** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-02-05** to House Business and Labor Committee
- **2024-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-16** to Senate
- **2024-02-16** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2024-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** 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/be2e1849-eddf-4d8f-9d6c-fec54708c1bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).